“I’m feeling thankful for the small things, today.
Happy, Happy Birthday to me.”
Song: Happy Birthday
Artist: Cracker
Album: Brand
Year: 1992
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Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne.
“Auld Lang Syne” literally means “old long ago,” or simply, “the good old days.”
Song: Auld Lang Syne
Artist: Written by Robert Burns
Album: N/A
Year: 1741
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“Chanukah is the festival of lights. Instead of one day of presents, we have eight crazy nights.“
Song: Chanukah Song
Artist: Adam Sandler
Album: What the Hell Happened to Me?
Year: 1996
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One of my favorite Christmas songs is the traditional carol I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. The lyric is based on a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). When Longfellow penned the words to his poem, America was still months away from Lee’s surrender to Grant at Appomattox in the spring of 1865. The poem reflected despair caused by the war and the personal tragedies of Longfellow’s recent life including the death of his wife Fanny and the crippling injury of his son Charles from war wounds. More importantly is the ending refrain confidence and the hope of triumphant peace. It is a timeless message.
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I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And mild and sweet the words repeat,
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
I thought how as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had roll’d along th’ unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
And in despair I bow’d my head:
“There is no peace on earth,” I said,
“For hate is strong, and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,
With peace on earth, good will to men.”
‘Til ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime, a chant sublime,
Of peace on earth, good will to men!
Song: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.
Artist: various
Album: N/A
Year: written on Christmas Day 1864
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“Throw your arms around the world at Christmastime“
Song: Do They Know Its Christmas?
Artist: various artists in Band Aid
Album: released as a single
Year: 1984
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“I’ll have a blue Christmas without you.”
Song: Blue Christmas
Artist: Elvis (originally recored by Ernest Tubb)
Album: Elvis’ Christmas Album
Year: 1957
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“So deck those halls, trim those trees, raise up cups of Christmas cheer.”
Song: Christmas Wrapping
Artist: Waitresses (The)
Album: Best of Waitresses (the only Waitresses available on CD)
Year: 1990
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