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Music
"Adeste Fideles / Oh Come All Ye Faithful"
generally credited to John Reading in the 17th
century.
"Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"
first published in 1977. Music & lyrics by Randy Brooks.
"Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
based on a church hymm by Charles Wesley in 1739.
Music by Felix Mendelssohn in 1840.
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
first published in 1944. Music & lyrics by Ralph Blane
and Hugh Martin.
"Here Comes Santa Claus"
first published in 1947. Music & lyrics by Gene Autry
and Oakley Haldeman.
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
first published in 1953. Music & lyrics by Tommie
Connor.
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
first published in 1864 in a poem by Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow. Music was added by John Marks.
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"
first published in 1943. Music & lyrics by Kim
Gannon, Walter Kent, and Buck Ram.
"It came upon a Midnight clear"
Written By: Edmund H. Sears Music By: Richard S.
Willis
"Jingle Bells"
first published in 1857. Lyrics by James Pierpont.
"Jingle Bell Rock"
Music & lyrics by Jim Boothe and Joe Beal.
"Jolly Old Saint Nickolas"
is a traditional Christmas carol. Creators of the
music & lyrics are unknown.
"Joy To The world"
was translated from the Bible, 98 by Issac Watts in
1719. Music by Lowell Mason in 1822 attributed to
George F. Handel..
"Let It Snow"
was first published in ???? Music & lyrics by Julie
Styne and Sammy Cahn.
"Oh Holy Night"
was first published in 1847. Music & lyrics by
Chappeau de Roquemaure & Adolphe-Charles Adam.
"O Little Town of Bethlehem"
first published in 1868. Words and music by Phillips
Brooks and Lewis H. Redner.
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
first published in 1949. Music & lyrics by Johnny
Marks.
"Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
first published in 1934. Music & lyrics by J. Fred
Coots and Haven Gillespie
"Silent Night"
first published in 1818. Music & lyrics by Franz
Guber and Joseph Mohr.
"Silver Bells"
first published in 1951. Music & lyrics by Jay
Livingston and Ray Evans.
"The Christmas Song"
first published in 1944. Music & lyrics by Robert Wells
and Mel Torme.
"The First Noel"
a traditional Christmas carol, possibly dating back
to the 15th Century. The Music & lyrics were first
published in Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern,
by William Sandys in 1833.
"The Little Drummer Boy"
first published in 1940. Music & lyrics by Katherine
K. Davis, Henry Onorati, and Harry Simeone.
"The Nutcracker Overture"
was developed by Tchaikovsky for the original ballet
first performed in Russia in 1892.
"The Twelve Days of Christmas"
is a traditional French or English Christmas carol,
possibly dating back to the 14th Century. The first
printed version of the song is believed to have been
published in 1780's.
"We Three Kings"
first published in 1857. Lyrics by John Henry
Hopkins.
"White Christmas"
first published in 1942 in the MGM musical "Holiday
Inn". Music & lyrics by Irving Berlin.
Movies, TV shows, and books:
"A Christmas Carol"
was written by Charles Dickens in 1843.
"Christmas Vacation (National Lampoon)"
produced by Warner Studios in 1989. Directed by Jeremiah
Chechik
"Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas"
produced & directed by Jim Henson.
"Frosty the Snowman - TV Show"
released in 1969. Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur
Rankin Jr.
"Holiday Affair"
released in 1949. Directed by Don Hartman.
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
released in 1965. Based on the book by Dr. Seuss,
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas". Directed by Chuck
Jones.
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"
a made for TV movie was released in 1988 TV.
Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky.
"It's a Wonderful Life"
release by RKO Radio Pictures in 1946. Directed by
Frank Capra.
"Jack Frost"
was released by Warner Home Video in 1999. Directed
by Troy Miller.
"Mickey's Christmas Carol"
released by Disney in 1983. Directed by Burny
Mattinson based on the novel "A Christmas Carol"
by Charles Dickens.
"Miracle on 34th Street"
Distributor 20th Century Fox in 1947. Directed by
George Seaton.
"One True Thing"
released by Universal Pictures. Directed by Carl
Franklin.
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
made for TV movie in 1964. Directed by Kizo
Nagashima and Larry Roemer.
"Scrooge"
released by Renown Pictures Corporation in 1951.
Directed By Brian Desmond Hurst based on the novel
"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.
"Silent Night, Lonely Night"
a made for TV movie released in 1969. Directed by
Daniel Petrie.
"Simon Birch"
released by Buena Vista in 1998. Written and directed by
Mark Steven Johnson, based on the book "A Prayer for
Owen Meany" by John Irving.
"The Christmas That Almost Wasn't"
a made for TV movie released in 1966. Directed by
Rossano Brazzi.
"The Christmas Toy"
made for TV movie in 1993. Produced & directed by Jim
Henson.
"The Mighty"
made for TV movie based on the book “Freak the
Mighty” by Rodman Philbrick.
"The Nutcracker Ballet"
based on the original story by E.T.A. Hoffmann. First
performed in Russia in 1892.
"The Teddy Bears' Christmas"
made for TV movie by Lacewood Productions, Inc. in 1993.
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