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About A Holly Jolly Christmas
"A Holly Jolly Christmas" (also called "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas") is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and most famously performed by Burl Ives. The song has since become one of the Top 25 most-performed "holiday" songs written by ASCAP members, for the first five years of the 21st century.
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Have a holly, jolly Christmas It's the best time of the year I don't know if there'll be snow But have a cup of cheer Have a holly, jolly Christmas And when you walk down the street Say hello to friends you know And everyone you meet Oh, ho the mistletoe Hung where you can see Somebody waits for you Kiss her once for me Have a holly, jolly Christmas And in case you didn't hear Oh by golly have a holly jolly Christmas This year (Have a holly, jolly Christmas It's the best time of the year) Have a holly, jolly Christmas And when you walk down the street Say hello to friends you know And everyone you meet Oh, ho the mistletoe Hung where you can see Somebody waits for you Kiss her once for me Have a holly, jolly Christmas And in case you didn't hear Oh by golly have a holly jolly Christmas This yearBecome A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons!
Burl Ives
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 - April 14, 1995) was an American actor, writer and folk music singer. As an actor, Ives's work included comedies, dramas, and voice work in theater, television, and motion pictures. Music critic John Rockwell said, "Ives's voice ... had the sheen and finesse of opera without its latter-day Puccinian vulgarities and without the pretensions of operatic ritual. It was genteel in expressive impact without being genteel in social conformity. And it moved people." more »
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Written by: Johnny Marks
Lyrics © ST. NICHOLAS MUSIC INC.
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Here Are the Lyrics to Burl Ives’ ‘A Holly Jolly Christmas’
'Holly Jolly Christmas' was first heard in the 1964 film 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'. Check out the lyrics for the beloved holiday tune.
Burl Ives photographed in 1974. ITV/REX/Shutterstock
The beloved Christmas song “A Holly Jolly Christmas” was written by Johnny Marks in 1962 and became most notable when Burl Ives sang it as the narrating snowman in the 1964 stop-motion film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Ives re-recorded the song in 1965 for his holiday album Have a Holly Jolly Christmas.
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The song finally made it to the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time last year, reaching a peak position of No. 38. It returns this year at No. 26 for the week of Dec. 8. Artists such as Lady Antebellum and Michael Bublé have both covered the song for their holiday albums.
Check out the lyrics to this holiday classic and watch the original recording of it from the final scene of Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer.
Have a holly, jolly Christmas
It’s the best time of the year
I don’t know if there’ll be snow
But have a cup of cheer
Have a holly, jolly Christmas
And when you walk down the street
Say hello to friends you know
And everyone you meet
Oh, ho the mistletoe
Hung where you can see
Somebody waits for you
Kiss her once for me
Have a holly, jolly Christmas
And in case you didn’t hear
Oh
by golly have a holly jolly Christmas
This year
(Have a holly, jolly Christmas
It’s the best time of the year)
Have a holly, jolly Christmas
And when you walk down the street
Say hello to friends you know
And everyone you meet
Oh, ho the mistletoe
Hung where you can see
Somebody waits for you
Kiss her once for me
Have a holly, jolly Christmas
And in case you didn’t hear
Oh by golly have a holly jolly Christmas
This year
Lyrics licensed & provided by LyricFind
Lyrics © ST. NICHOLAS MUSIC INC.
Written by: Johnny Marks
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