query: who sings oh santa in a christmas melody

pos: A Christmas Melody as the film's director and as one of the film's stars, and Stella Bulochnikov, Jonathan Axelrod, Alan Ett, Eric Jarboe and Kevin Connor were named as the movie's executive producers. Lacey Chabert and Brennan Elliott were also later confirmed as actors for the film, which had been re-titled "A Christmas Melody". Child actress Fina Strazza was brought on to play Chabert's daughter and to sing "Oh Santa!", which Carey re-wrote for the film. Filming began on October 6, 2015 in the Cincinnati area suburbs of Wyoming and Hyde Park it was expected to wrap on October 16, but did not

pos: Oh Santa! Melody", a 2015 Hallmark Channel Christmas movie, with its lyrics tweaked to be relevant for Broadway child performer Fina Strazza's character singing about her single mom finding love. "Oh Santa!" was written and produced by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox for Carey's second Christmas/thirteenth studio album, "Merry Christmas II You" (2010); Rye Songs administered by Songs of Universal (BMI)/Shaniah Cymone Music|EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP)/WBM Music Corp Inc./Pamela & Lorrence's Publishing LLC (SESAC). Her vocals were recorded by Brian Garten, Marcus Johnson and Thomas Kanarek, Martin Cooke, Nicholas Essif and Peter Mack, and the music by John Horesco

pos: A Christmas Melody as the film's director and as one of the film's stars, and Stella Bulochnikov, Jonathan Axelrod, Alan Ett, Eric Jarboe and Kevin Connor were named as the movie's executive producers. Lacey Chabert and Brennan Elliott were also later confirmed as actors for the film, which had been re-titled "A Christmas Melody". Child actress Fina Strazza was brought on to play Chabert's daughter and to sing "Oh Santa!", which Carey re-wrote for the film. Filming began on October 6, 2015 in the Cincinnati area suburbs of Wyoming and Hyde Park it was expected to wrap on October 16, but did not

pos: A Christmas Melody A Christmas Melody A Christmas Melody, also known under its working title of "Mistletoe & Melody", is a 2015 American Christmas television film and the feature film directorial debut of Mariah Carey, who co-stars with Lacey Chabert. It was filmed in October 2015, and debuted on the Hallmark Channel on December 19, 2015. The film was viewed by 3.95 million people upon its debut. Widowed mother Kristin (Lacey Chabert) has recently moved back to her home town of Silver Falls, Ohio with her daughter Emily (Fina Strazza) after her fashion business in Los Angeles folded. The process has been difficult

neg: Oh Santa! James of MTV Buzzworthy also praised the content of the video, writing "Of course it wouldn't be a Mariah Carey video without some glitz and glam so the stage and backdrop are covered in (what else?) glitter. Mariah puts on a great show and sings her heart out with that famous eight-octave range ... scrooges need not apply, 'Oh Santa!' is fun and festive and has you longing for a sip of eggnog." Oh Santa! "Oh Santa!" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her second Christmas album/thirteenth studio album, "Merry Christmas II You" (2010). Carey

neg: Oh Santa! bells, jingle bells, hand claps and a piano melody, backed by a "school-yard chant beat". Lyrically, Carey makes a plea to Santa Claus asking him to bring back her "baby" in time for Christmas, singing "Santa's gon' come and make him mine this Christmas." Mike Diver of the BBC wrote that "Oh Santa!" is a "boisterous" song which "makes perfect sense" as a lead single. He continued to write that although it fell substandard to "All I Want for Christmas Is You", it would still "warrant revisiting 12 months down the line". "Rolling Stone" writer Caryn Ganz commented on the

neg: A Visit to Santa A Visit to Santa A Visit to Santa is a 12-minute live action American children's Christmas film produced for distribution at the end of 1963. Other than the opening text, "CLEM WILLIAMS FILMS presents "A Visit To Santa"", there are no other credits. After "Jingle Bells" melody, played on a calliope, is heard during the brief opening credits, two children, who appear to be five or six years old, are seen in a bunk bed, saying goodnight to their mother. The boy, Dick, is in the upper bunk and the girl, Ann, who is in the lower bunk, says, "oh,

neg: Merry Christmas II You of the album, "Merry Christmas II You", and that it would be released on November 2 with original songs as well as covers. The "II" represents being a sequel to Carey's first Christmas album, "Merry Christmas" (1994). The opening track "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" is a twenty-two second introduction produced by Carey and Shaiman. "Oh Santa!" is an up-tempo R&B song and is one of four new original compositions. It was written and produced by Carey, Dupri and Cox, and its instrumentation consists of sleigh bells, jingle bells, hand claps and a piano melody, backed by a "school-yard

neg: Oh Santa! December 7, while a mix of "Oh Santa! and one of Carey's previous Christmas songs "All I Want for Christmas Is You", titled "Oh Santa! All I Want for Christmas Is You (Holiday Mashup)", was released on December 17. "Oh Santa!" is an up-tempo and festive R&B song, which lasts for a duration of three minutes, thirty-one seconds. It has a 1960s girl-group swing feel. The song, in the key of C♯ major, has a tempo of 80 beats per minute. Carey's voice spans more than three octaves, from B to the high note of F. Instrumentation consists of sleigh

neg: Oh Santa! Oh Santa! "Oh Santa!" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her second Christmas album/thirteenth studio album, "Merry Christmas II You" (2010). Carey wrote and produced the song in collaboration with Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox. It was released as the lead single from the album. It is an up-tempo R&B song about Carey making a plea for Santa Claus to bring back her partner in time for the Christmas holidays. Instrumentation of sleigh bells, jingle bells and hand claps. It received a positive response from music critics, with many praising its composition and style. The

neg: Merry Christmas II You and "Charlie Brown Christmas" sound "stiff", the album as a complete body of work is "cheerful and engaging" and is a worthy successor to Carey's previous Christmas album. BBC Music's Mike Diver thought that although the album is not necessarily "clever", it is "expectedly big", and that while "Oh Santa!" is not in the "same league" as "All I Want for Christmas Is You", it's a perfect stocking filler. "Rolling Stone" writer Caryn Ganz disliked the two original ballads, "Christmas Time Is In the Air Again" and "One Child", describing them "both thick with gooey orchestration", but praised "Oh Santa!"

neg: Merry Christmas II You ornament was released on November 16 via Amazon.com for $60.31. The following day, Carey appeared on "Lopez Tonight". On November 19, Carey taped a performance of "Oh Santa!" at the "NBC Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting" which aired later in the month. On December 3, 2010, Carey performed "Oh Santa!" as well as "All I Want For Christmas Is You" at the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade special, which featured Carey surrounded by dancers, including ballerinas and cheerleaders, and ended with fireworks at the end of the performance. A pre-recorded ABC television special called "Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to

neg: Elmo's Christmas Countdown Cadabby to help him find the blocks and the true meaning of Christmas miracles. They find the blocks one by one: While Abby and Stiller hunt for Block #6, Block #5 is found by Ernie. Elmo sings "Do You Hear What I Hear" with Alicia Keys. Stiller the Elf states that Christmas will never come as Oscar the Grouch celebrates. Elmo states that he and Abby can believe in Christmas miracles as Stiller joins them. Their believing attracts the appearance of Santa Claus (Kevin James). Santa Claus then sings "You Gotta Believe" with Elmo, Abby, Stiller, Big Bird, Snuffleupagus, Ernie

neg: Little Jack Horner Nursery Songs" (1870). The earliest reference to the well-known verse is in "Namby Pamby", a satire by Henry Carey published in 1725, in which he himself italicised lines dependent on the original: <poem style="margin-left:24px> Now he sings of "Jackey Horner" "Sitting in the Chimney-Corner" "Eating of a Christmas pye," "Putting in his thumb", Oh fie! "Putting in," Oh fie! "his Thumb," "Pulling out", Oh strange! "a Plum."</poem> This occurrence has been taken to suggest that the rhyme was well known by the early eighteenth century. Carey's poem ridicules fellow writer Ambrose Philips, who had written infantile poems for the young

neg: Wrapped in Red and have like a normal Christmas setting?" The song begins by sampling the melody of the Christmas tune "Carol of the Bells". The closing track, a rendition of the traditional carol "Silent Night", features McEntire and Trisha Yearwood and ends in an a cappella setting between the trio. In addition, two tracks were also included in the deluxe edition of the album: the first, Clarkson's cover of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" from her "iTunes Session" extended play, and the second, her rendition of the first stanza of the ecclesiastical hymn "Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel". "Wrapped in Red" was

neg: Santa Buddies (Kaitlyn Maher) who is wishing for a Christmas miracle and sings a song about miracles, which teaches Puppy Paws about the true meaning of Christmas. The Buddies, along with an elf dog named Eddy (Richard Kind), come to the rescue. Eddy tells Cruge that he knows the dog catcher always wanted a puppy for Christmas, but his mother was allergic to dogs and never got one, which made Cruge hate Christmas and become a dog catcher. With help from an elf named Eli (Danny Woodburn), Christmas spirit returns, the Christmas Icicle stops melting, and the North Pole is back in

neg: Christmas in Romania "I Need You for Christmas" series. Radio station only broadcasts Christmas songs exclusively from December 5 to January 5 starting 2008. They name themselves "Santa Claus' Radio Station". Starting in 2010, a special Airplay Chart started being shown yearly - Holiday Airplay Chart. Moreover, as a result to season's conjunction, Mariah Carey scored four entries the same week in December 2010 on the Romanian Top 100 with "Silent Night", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and "Oh Santa!" all charted simultaneously (the record was previously held by Michael Jackson after his death in

neg: Oh Santa! composition, writing "Mariah bops to a schoolyard-chant beat". Joey Guerra of the "Houston Chronicle" described the song as "irresistible" and predicted that it would "dominate ringtones" in the run up to Christmas. A reviewer for Idolator described the track as a "boppy" Christmas version of Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend". Rich Juzwiak of "The Village Voice" was critical of the song, writing "Of the four Mariah-penned new tracks, the Jermaine Dupri/Bryan-Michael Cox collaboration 'Oh Santa!' tries the hardest, an antique kitchen-sink replica that manages to invoke a cheerleading squad, the Pointer Sisters, Mariah's own 'Loverboy', and Hey Ya!'. Full of mumbling and

neg: Matt Fishel the 2013 award for Best Pop/Rock Video for "When Boy Meets Boy" and, for the second year running, he won the Song of the Year award, this time for "Radio-Friendly Pop Song". In November 2013, Fishel released a cover version of Mariah Carey's 2010 Christmas hit "Oh Santa!", written by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox. The single was released worldwide via digital download on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play on 18 November 2013 as a one-track, non-album single. The artwork for the "Oh Santa!" single is another illustration by Joe Phillips. The cartoon image depicts a Christmas scene

neg: WROR-FM songs have occasionally gained airplay on other stations during championship seasons. During the holiday season, Tom often sings parodies of classic Christmas songs. Other Townie Tunes include: From 2007 through 2011, WROR-FM broadcast an all-Christmas music format during the holiday season. Also, from 7-8 p.m. on weekdays, kids could call Santa Claus and talk to him about what the kids want for Christmas by phone. Kids could also e-mail Santa Claus. The all-Christmas music format was competitive, with WROR and rival WODS often starting the Christmas music within hours. In 2011, for example, WODS started playing Christmas music on November

neg: It's a SpongeBob Christmas! and she was a jerk, too. SpongeBob accidentally drops a piece of fruitcake in Sandy's Christmas Magic Analyzer, which shows that it is filled with Jerktonium. He and Sandy discover the antidote for Jerktonium to cure the grumpy residents in Bikini Bottom is a song called "Don't Be a Jerk (It's Christmas!)." SpongeBob sings it, bringing back the residents' Christmas spirit. Unfortunately, it was too late when Santa arrives and states that everyone is on his naughty list, except for Plankton, who is the only nice person there is, which has earned him the Krabby Patty formula, much to Mr.

neg: Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales the "Peanuts" gang in various Christmastime situations, largely inspired by original "Peanuts" comic strips. The installments are as follows: Snoopy tries to get Lucy to ask him to join her in the skating show, but she's only interested in Schroeder. Later, he dresses up like Santa Claus to work as a bell-ringer to raise money. He is briefly confronted by an angry Rerun, who chastises him for failing to deliver the toys promised to him the previous Christmas. At one point, while dressed as Santa, he plays "Oh! Susanna" on the accordion, which Lucy comments "isn't very Christmasy" as she

neg: Christmas Flintstone that the real Santa Claus is sick and ask him to substitute for Santa and deliver presents to children around the world. Throughout his journey to countries worldwide on Santa's sleigh, Fred shouts Christmas greetings in French, Italian, German, Dutch, English and Swedish and also sings a reprise of "Christmas is My Fav'rite Time of Year". First broadcast in 1964, the episode was produced and directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, under Hanna-Barbera. Turner Home Entertainment released the episode on VHS as "How The Flintstones Saved Christmas". Warner Home Video released the episode on DVD in Region 1 on

neg: Oh Mother Coluais and Christopher Barratler. Spence D. for IGN called the track's melody "lulling" and "lithe". According to Aguilera herself, "Oh Mother" talks about her abusive childhood. She revealed, "I think going through what I went through at a young age – the abuse that went on in my household – did affect me a lot. Domestic violence is a topic that is very hush-hush in society". Aguilera recalls the domestic violence of her childhood as she sings, "He took his anger out on her face, she kept all of her pain locked away". Nick Levine for Digital Spy said that

neg: I Wanna Be Santa Claus were taped that day. Featured on these tracks were Starr, Hudson, Jim Cox and Steve Dudas. Recorded throughout 1999 between Starr and Hudson, "I Wanna Be Santa Claus"—which is composed of half-and-half traditional songs and new originals—was made in several studios in the US and UK, with their families joining in and including two notable celebrity guests, Aerosmith's Joe Perry and Eagles member Timothy B. Schmit. Jeff Lynne also sings backing vocals on "Come on Christmas, Christmas Come On", "I Wanna Be Santa Claus", and "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)". The final sessions for the album were held on 8

neg: Oh Mercy that makes an attack on your most vulnerable spots, sharp words from a master". The second half of "Oh Mercy" is notable for its sustained moodiness and resignation, often in relation to romantic dissolution. This is immediately apparent on the atmospheric "Most of the Time", which features the richest production on the album. Described as "magisterial" by Allan Jones of "Melody Maker", the narrator in "Most of the Time" sings of an estranged lover whom the narrator can't quite shake from his memories. The song addresses an irreconcilable, personal relationship, and this theme would continue through "What Good Am I?",

neg: Blue Christmas (song) constitute a musical play on words that provides an "inside joke" or "quail egg" to trained ears. "Blue Christmas" was also included on a 1957 45 EP (Extended Play) entitled "Elvis Sings Christmas Songs" (EPA-4108), which also included "Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)" on side one, with "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas" on side two. Presley's original 1957 version was released as a commercially available single for the first time in 1964. This single was also a hit in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 11 on the British singles chart during

neg: Extraordinary Merry Christmas by Michele, "Let It Snow" sung by Criss and Colfer, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" performed by Monteith and Salling—but not by Samuel Larsen, who sings the song with them on the album—in the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band version, The Waitresses' "Christmas Wrapping" sung by Morris, and the Band Aid fundraiser "Do They Know It's Christmas?" performed by New Directions. The filming of this last piece, shot on Thanksgiving eve, involved "lots of children". All proceeds from the cast's version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" will go to the Band Aid Trust Charity. In an

neg: Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music 1961, RCA Victor reissued the album on its budget label, RCA Camden, minus the track "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town". During the 1970s, Pickwick Records leased the rights to reissue several recordings from the RCA Victor catalog and reissued the album on the Pickwick label. RCA reclaimed the rights to most of the Camden/Pickwick recordings in the 1980s and reissued "Merry Christmas Music" on compact disc and LP again in 1987. The album has been reissued on the RCA Camden label at least three times on CD in Canada, each with different artwork. Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music

neg: A Christmas Melody Not Ready for Christmas", "Merry Matrimony" and "'Tis the Season for Love". But Ms. Carey's participation makes the generic badness of "A Christmas Melody" a touch better than its neighbors. She treats herself like a woman who's come to family entertainment from Venus." NPR praised the film as a "delightfully bonkers addition to the firmament of holiday madness". A Christmas Melody A Christmas Melody, also known under its working title of "Mistletoe & Melody", is a 2015 American Christmas television film and the feature film directorial debut of Mariah Carey, who co-stars with Lacey Chabert. It was filmed in October

neg: Elvis' Christmas Album chart; however, a pairing of "Blue Christmas" b/w "White Christmas" became a Top 20 UK hit in late 1964. "Santa Claus Is Back In Town"/"Blue Christmas" was a 1965 single release for the US market, and reached number 4 on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart. "Blue Christmas" would re-enter the Christmas or Holiday Singles chart many times in the years that follow. Two different EPs, "Elvis Sings Christmas Songs", EPA 4108 in December 1957, and "Christmas with Elvis", EPA 4340 in December 1958, divided the eight Christmas numbers between them. The former topped the newly established Billboard EP Chart, while

neg: Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation his stereo and when Tuscany on the radio sings "Christmas cannot be destroyed not even by a Naughtyinator!!!!!!!", the loud vibrations destroy the "Naughty-inator," causing Christmas cheer to return to Danville and removing the "naughty" brand from everyone. The elves inform the kids that it is too late to clear up the misunderstanding with Santa, meaning Santa cannot come to Danville. Phineas and Ferb, not ready to give up yet, see their opportunity to save the holiday and decide to create a flying sleigh, along with help from Blanyn't, Clewn't, Isabella, Baljeet, Buford and (amazingly) Candace to deliver presents made

neg: Choose Life, Uvacharta Bachayim who permits tragedy, sorrow and need for comfort, the will to overcome evil, and determination to choose life over death. The six readings, found in "Siddur Sim Shalom" and "Gates of Prayer", are taken from memoirs, diaries, and reflections on the experience of the holocaust. Several pieces in Choose Life, Uvacharta Bachayim are based on the Jewish text and melody “Ani Ma'amin”, a prayer for the dying. The Angel Choir sings both text and melody during the first reading (#4). The Angel Choir sings the text in “How Could I Forget You” (#14). Lazar sings the “Ani Ma'amin” melody in

neg: All I Want for Christmas Is You nucleus of the song, the melody primary music, and then some of the words were there as we finished writing it. I started playing some rock 'n' roll piano and started boogie woogie-ing my left hand, and that inspired Mariah to come up with the melodic [Sings.] 'I don't want a lot for Christmas.' And then we started singing and playing around with this rock 'n' roll boogie song, which immediately came out to be the nucleus of what would end up being 'All I Want For Christmas Is You.' That one went very quickly: It was an easier song

neg: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny and production values have garnered "Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny" a cult following. In Santa's workshop at the North Pole a few days before Christmas, Santa's elves sing about how they make toys while Santa is away. Santa's reindeer return, but without Santa or his sleigh, prompting the elves to wonder in song what has happened to Santa. Meanwhile, Santa has crash landed on a beach in Dania Beach, Florida, gotten his sleigh stuck in the sand, and been abandoned by his reindeer. Santa sings a song bemoaning his troubles, then falls asleep. In his sleep, Santa telepathically summons

neg: Oh Santa! cattiness, it's difficult to sing along to, so its prospects of becoming a perennial favorite are dim." In the United States, "Oh Santa!" became a record-breaking entry on the "Billboard" Adult Contemporary songs chart. It debuted at number twelve for the issue dated December 11, 2010. The track soared to number one the following week, marking the quickest ascent to the peak position since Nielsen BDS began tracking airplay in 1993, in just two weeks. Previously, eight songs had reached number one within three weeks, four of which were Christmas entries due to adult contemporary radio stations playing an increased

neg: Angry Kid to "The Wizard of Oz"). Angry Kid then hits Speccy with a shoe, and the nightmares end. Angry Kid sings an acoustic Christmas song called "Merry Christmas Stocking Song". The video comes to Angry Kid is celebrating the side of a Christmas tree with an average of Santa Claus and he wanted to know what you got for Christmas. And he was given a leg. The video was recorded in 2010 and can be seen on YouTube. At the end of the video says: "Happy Christmas from Angry Kid". A three part special released over December 2015. In "My Exclusive

neg: A Very Brady Christmas out of the debris after Carol and the entire family sings "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (a nod to Carol singing it in the original series' episode "The Voice of Christmas"). After returning home, the family's dinner is again interrupted, this time by a man at the door dressed as Santa Claus. The kids ask where his bag of presents is, but he tells them that he only has one present, for Alice; it turns out to be Sam, in disguise, who has seen the error of his ways and pleads for Alice's forgiveness. After she takes Sam back, the

neg: Hung for the Holidays the album included a fold-out Christmas ornament. "Hung for the Holidays" sold only 35,000 copies. It only reached number 22 on the "Billboard" Independent Albums chart, and did not make the Billboard 200 chart unlike the first album, "Inspiration". AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album one out of five stars, calling it "the cheapest-sounding record in recent memory; it sounds as if it was recorded in less time that it takes to play." He did note Hung's improvement as a vocalist, saying that "he sings with more confidence and at least vaguely sings something resembling the melody." "The New

neg: Lasers and Feelings a "jazzy rock number", is about a Twitter romance that came to a disappointing end when the couple meet in real life. "Oh, Mr. Darcy" is from the duo's earlier "Chainmail and Cello" album, covering mixed feelings about Colin Firth in the 1980 BBC adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" and a bad relationship in Angela's past. "Can't You See The World Is Ending" shares the themes of procrastination with "Something Else" and bad relationships with "Oh, Mr. Darcy". Aubrey sings on "Something Else" and "Christmas Ain't About Me." She is described as a "post-modern chanteuse" on the former, while the

neg: Up on the House Top the stocking of little Nell; Oh, dear Santa fill it well! Give her a dolly that laughs and cries; One that will open and shut her eyes. Repeat chorus Verse 3: (Look in / Next comes) the stocking of little (Will/Bill); Oh just see what a glorious fill! Here is a hammer and lots of tacks; A whistle and a ball and a whip that cracks! Repeat chorus Verse 1 Up on the house, no delay, no pause Clatter the steed of Santa Claus. Down thro' the chimney with loads of toys Ho for the little ones, Christmas joys. According

neg: J'ai Rencontré Le Père Noël Video Clip) J'ai Rencontré Le Père Noël J'ai rencontré le Père Noël (English: I Met Father Christmas) is a 1984 French science fiction fantasy film directed by Christian Gion and co-written with Didier Kaminka. It was dubbed in English by New World Pictures and retitled as Here Comes Santa Claus and released on DVD under the title I Believe in Santa Claus. The film stars Karen Cheryl, who was a popular singer at the time in France, as both Simon's schoolteacher and as the Fairy. She acts and sings musical numbers in the film. Clearly designed for children, the film

neg: J'ai Rencontré Le Père Noël J'ai Rencontré Le Père Noël J'ai rencontré le Père Noël (English: I Met Father Christmas) is a 1984 French science fiction fantasy film directed by Christian Gion and co-written with Didier Kaminka. It was dubbed in English by New World Pictures and retitled as Here Comes Santa Claus and released on DVD under the title I Believe in Santa Claus. The film stars Karen Cheryl, who was a popular singer at the time in France, as both Simon's schoolteacher and as the Fairy. She acts and sings musical numbers in the film. Clearly designed for children, the film was primarily

neg: C'est Noël Marseille", "Quel plaisir ! Quel travail !" and "Oh ! Honoré") all orchestrated by Paul Bonneau. The melody of this song was written by Henri Betti when he became father of a girl in 1950. The scene where Fernandel sang this song was in a Christmas night decor where Claire Diamant, who played the role of his niece Josette, was sitting on her lap. The actress was six years old at the time of filming, which was the same age of Henri Betti's daughter. The same year, the song is recorded by Tino Rossi with Pierre Spiers and his Orchestra

neg: Heartbeat Song (Kelly Clarkson song) Solo Performance at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. Shortly after the release of her first Christmas album, "Wrapped in Red" (2013), Clarkson, despite her pregnancy, began to record material for her seventh studio album, with a target release date in 2014. One of these tracks, "Heartbeat Song", is an uptempo synthpop track produced by Greg Kurstin. Lyrically, the song sings of meeting a person who restores someone's faith in love. Sonically, "USA Today"s Brian Mansfeld remarked that the record serves as sonic defibrillator, starting with a jolt of melody, its rhythms shifting a couple times before finally settling into its

neg: Dona, Dona sings lower than the melody using disjunct motions. The melody is refrained. Then "he" sings the melody, and "she" sometimes sings "Dana", other times sings "Ah" with a high voice or technical passage. Secunda wrote "molto rit." (suddenly much more slowly) for the ending of the first verse. There are some differences between the original and the melody that are well known. Secunda wrote "ha ha ha" for the choral score with the broken chords. Secunda translated "Dana Dana" into English language (changing the vocalization of 'dana' to 'dona'), but this version didn't gain much attention. The lyrics were translated

neg: Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas woman writer had expanded her life story into a third autobiography. She also published two volumes of poetry entitled "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie" (1971), which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and "Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well" (1975). According to writer Hilton Als, Angelou was one of the first African-American female writers to publicly discuss her personal life, and one of the first to use herself as a central character in her books. Writer Julian Mayfield, who calls "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" "a work of art

neg: Oh Santa! occupied the top two positions on the Holiday Digital Songs chart: "Oh Santa!" debuted at number one while "All I Want For Christmas Is You" charted at number two. On January 1, 2011, the track debuted at number one-hundred on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, and number forty on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart. Elsewhere, the track debuted at number thirty-six on the South Korean Gaon International Digital Singles Chart for the week ending November 20, 2010. It later peaked at number thirty-two for the week ending December 25, 2010. On the International Download Singles Chart, the track peaked

neg: National Basketball Association Christmas games also broadcast games on Christmas Day (except in 2006). Since 2009, Christmas Day broadcasts on ESPN/ABC have featured a music video with Mariah Carey singing "All I Want for Christmas Is You." In 2010, Carey added "Oh Santa!" In , TNT broadcast on Christmas Day for the first time as Marv Albert, Mike Fratello and Craig Sager called the game between Washington and Cleveland in Cleveland and Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller and Cheryl Miller called the game between Dallas and Portland in Portland. This marked the first time that all three networks that cover the NBA (ABC, ESPN, and TNT)

neg: White Christmas (film) with the title "Free," but was dropped in out-of-town tryouts. The melody and some of the words were kept, but the lyrics were changed to be more appropriate for a Christmas movie. For example, one of the lines of the original song is: <poem>Free – the only thing worth fighting for is to be free. Free – a different world you'd see if it were left to me.</poem> A composer's demo of the original song can be found on the CD "Irving Sings Berlin". The song "What Can You Do with a General?" was originally written for an un-produced project

neg: Christmas Time Is in the Air Again was a cover from some Judy Garland movie you didn't pay that much attention to once. Not even Santa himself has the power to conjure the spontaneous nostalgia found here." BBC critic Mike Diver was complimentary of the track, writing that, although the effect is "less instant" compared to the first single, "Oh Santa!", it fits in well with the rest of the album and is "perfectly formed". Caryn Ganz of "Rolling Stone" simply described the orchestration of the original compositions "One Child" and "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" as overwhelmingly Christmasy. In her 2012 single review of

neg: Merry Christmas II You to reviews from mainstream critics, "Merry Christmas II You" received an average score of 60, based on eight reviews, which indicates "mixed or average" reviews. About.com writer Bill Lamb praised the album, writing that it has a "relaxed, comfortable" which is "engaging". He wrote that the original compositions were "solid", placing emphasis on "Oh Santa!", "One Child" and "When Christmas Comes", but felt that "Christmas Time Is In the Air Again" was overshadowed by its heavy orchestration. He concluded by writing "Mariah Carey does know her way around Christmas albums." Joey Guerra of the "Houston Chronicle" echoed Lamb's sentiments, adding

neg: Donna Loren single "Merry Christmas Baby" was officially released for download (having been pre-released in the Donna Loren Store on her website a few days before the official release). Written by Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore and first recorded by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers in 1947, the R&B standard was recorded by Elvis Presley for his album "Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas" (1971). The release is Loren's second recording of a Christmas song; the first was "I Think It's Almost Christmas Time" when she was 10 years old. She also performed "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" on "Shindig" in

neg: I'm Not Ready for Christmas I'm Not Ready for Christmas I'm Not Ready for Christmas is a 2015 American made-for-television romantic drama film directed by Sam Irvin and starring Alicia Witt, George Stults, Brigid Brannagh, and Dan Lauria. Written by Hanz Wasserburger. The film premiered on the Hallmark Channel on November 14, 2015. Holly Nolan (Alicia Witt) a driven advertising executive, has her life turned upside down when she discovers she can no longer lie—the result of her 10-year old niece Anna's (Mia Bagley) wish to Santa Claus (Dan Lauria) after Holly misses a Christmas recital in which Anna sings We Wish You a Merry

neg: Kylie Christmas Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin (with Stargate) and featured backing vocals that were provided by him. The deluxe edition features three new original tracks: "Oh Santa", "100 Degrees", and "Cried Out Christmas", and were co-written by Minogue. Minogue revealed that she asked friends and colleagues to select their favourite songs from the recording sessions. Several tracks were recorded with live instrumentation; "Winter Wonderland" and "Let It Snow" were described to have "Vegas-style with horns, strings, and plenty of schmaltz." "Every Day's Like Christmas" was described as a "modern pop ballad", while "White December" and "Christmas Isn't Christmas Until You Get

neg: Merry Christmas II You that the album ought to boost Carey's career. He was complimentary of its overall feel, writing that manages to capture the "same magic" as her previous Christmas album, "Merry Christmas", and that the original songs fit "snugly" with the Christmas classics. He finished his review with "There's enough sweet spirit here to keep the holidays merry, musical and bright." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic noted that the four new original compositions gave it "a lively modern feel," and highlighted "Oh Santa!" and "When Christmas Comes" as examples. He continued to write that although some covers, such as "Auld Lang Syne"

neg: You Make It Feel Like Christmas of tape". The album's first promotional single and ninth track is a cover of Eartha Kitt's 1953 single "Santa Baby". On Stefani's rendition of the holiday standard "White Christmas", she stays "affectionately loyal". On "Never Kissed Anyone with Blue Eyes Before You", Stefani sings about the most romantic moments regarding her relationship with Shelton. Cinquemani described the track as "less a Christmas song than an ode to the country crooner’s recessive genes". "Christmas Eve", the closing and standard edition's twelfth track, is also the second promotional recording from the album. It serves as the first song recorded and completed for

neg: Rose Tint My World it was her love of "a certain dope" (drugs or Eddie, who by this point is dead). Rocky sings next of his predicament: that he's only had seven hours of life, loves to orgasm and can't control his desires. Brad sings a different melody dictating the effects of the trance he's in a negative light, whilst Janet sings of the same trance in a positive light. She seems to like Frank. This melody that Brad and Janet sing is once again implemented when Riff Raff cuts the celebration short. The title of the song refers to the idiomatic expression of

neg: Merry Christmas II You it is reassuringly predictable." While he continued to label it as an "incredibly adventureless album," he also wrote that it is a "remarkably comforting listen". He felt that "Merry Christmas II You" was not a sequel, or a remake, but rather an attempt at rewinding time on Carey's part. Rich Juzwiak of "The Village Voice" was critical of "Merry Christmas II You". He described "One Child" as a "needless retelling", "Oh Santa!" as trying too hard and too difficult to sing along to and "All I Want for Christmas Is You (Extra Festive)" as a desperate attempt at Carey canonising

neg: Santa Lucia cartoon. In the Looney Tunes episode "A Pizza Tweety Pie", set in Venice, Tweety Bird sang a version in his distinctive accent while Sylvester employed various unsuccessful schemes to catch him, eventually settling for a bowl of spaghetti. In the "Flintstones" episode "Wilma the Maid", Fred Flintstone sings the song with lyrics praising the cooking of his new maid Gina Lolabrickida ("Oh Lolabrickida/Your food I dig-ida"). His off-key singing serves to drive the maid away. Marisol sang "Santa Lucia" in the 1960s Spanish film "Un rayo de luz" ("A Ray of Light"). In the third episode of the second season

neg: Everyday Is Christmas (album) "I don't know how she comes up with song lyric and melody ideas so quickly. ... [S]he wrote these new Christmas stories. ... I'm still sort of new at this Christmas thing. ... [It] took me back to when we used to get into jazz chord changes. There's some really fun uptempo Christmas jams, and then there's also some Sia ballads." The standard version of the album features ten original songs co-written and co-produced by Sia and Kurstin. A Japanese edition exists as well, published by Warner Music Japan, that includes an exclusive bonus track titled "My Old Santa Claus".

neg: Phos Hilaron hymn Thee with reverend voices, O Son of God, Giver of Life, wherefore the whole world doth glorify Thee. O Joyful Light of the holy glory of the Father Immortal, the heavenly, holy, blessed One, O Jesus Christ, now that we have reached the setting of the sun, and see the evening light, we sing to God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (+). It is fitting at all times to raise a song of praise in measured melody to you, O Son of God, the Giver of Life. Therefore, the universe sings your glory. Oh, Joyful Light, of the Holy

neg: All I Want for Christmas Is You (Vince Vance & The Valiants song) (Layne), explains that she does not want Christmas decorations or gifts from Santa Claus. Instead, all she wants for Christmas is her lover. The melody used in the song is based on Bobby Vinton's number 9 pop hit single from early 1964, "My Heart Belongs to Only You," with a few minor alterations. In his review of the album "All I Want for Christmas Is You", Allmusic reviewer Jason Birchmeier referred to the song as a "holiday favorite within the country community during the '90s" but noted that the rest of the album was not "remotely worth bothering with." Having

neg: Oh Santa! track set a record on the United States "Billboard" Adult Contemporary songs chart, debuting at number twelve and peaking at number one the following week for four weeks. It became the first song to reach the summit in two weeks. It further became Carey's seventh number-one song on the chart. Carey filmed a 1960s style music video to accompany the songs release as a single, and performed it on various programs in the lead up to Christmas, including her own TV special called "Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to You". It was later adapted to be the finale of "A Christmas

neg: Schoolin' Life my first heels by the age of 13". In the chorus, Knowles gives listeners a flashback to her friskier days and admits that she is certified neither as a teacher, a preacher nor a doctor, but is willing to perform their various duties regardless. She also sings, "I'm great at writing physical love letters", and "I'm a freak, all day all night". After asking, "Who needs a degree when you're schoolin' life?", Knowles echoes, "Oh oh oh oh oh oh woah oh oh". In the second verse, she continues to sing about the ins and outs of life to the

neg: Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, BWV 115 the flute, the oboe d'amore and the strings in unison. The soprano sings the melody as a cantus firmus, the lower voices are set partly in imitation, partly homophonic. The alto aria (Oh, sleepy soul – are you still at rest?) begins, as Klaus Hofmann notes, "as a musical sleep scene of a kind that could have graced any opera of the time". Marked Adagio, the oboe d'amore plays a solo in siciliano rhythm, leading to a "long, peaceful, quasi-'sleeping' note". The text's admonition to be vigilant ("Punishment might suddenly awaken you and, if you were not alert, conceal you

neg: Judas (Lady Gaga song) feet with my hair if he needs/ Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain/ Even after three times, he betrays me/ I'll bring him down, a king with no crown." The tone lightens up on the song's chorus, which is influenced by '80s pop in its melody, as the beat picks up a bit and Gaga sings, "I'm just a holy fool/ Oh, baby, it's so cruel/ But I'm still in love with Judas, baby." After the second verse and chorus, the song features a break down influenced by house music. Gaga chants the lines in the same

neg: Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music Disc 2: Disc 3: Disc 4: The 1947 Reissue: This reissue replaced "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" with "White Christmas". With this change, "White Christmas" was now on the second side of disc three moving "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" to the first side of disc four and "Winter Wonderland" to the second. The 1951 Reissue: The same contents as 1947, only the album was now available on a 10" LP record as well as a 45 RPM set, containing 4 records. The 1956 reissue was the first major change. The album included the same eight songs as before,

neg: Oh My Darling, Clementine the song to himself alone in his log cabin as his pursuers listen on from outside. The melody is the intro theme for the game "Miner 2049er". In the 2001 Columbo episode "Murder With Too Many Notes", Lieutenant Columbo sings the first verse of the song along with Billy Connolly's character Findlay Crawford when the Lieutenant visits him in his bungalow. Columbo is also heard singing it in the 1978 episode "Make Me A Perfect Murder. In the 2004 film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", there are two references to the song (specifically its use in Hanna-Barbera in which

neg: Black (Pearl Jam song) Music Club for years. Pearl Jam's song 'Black', ["Melody Maker"'s Allan] Jones maintains, "couldn't have been written without AMC's songs as an example. 'Black' doesn't quote directly from 'Western Sky,' but it paraphrases the line 'Please be happy baby' where Vedder sings in a very Eitzel way, 'I hope someday you'll have a beautiful life'." Vedder confirmed Jones' interpretation when they first met. "Oh yes, nobody ever picked up on that," the singer told him. "It is American Music Club, but I'm surprised that anyone here has even heard of them." "Black" became one of Pearl Jam's best-known songs and

neg: Jingle Bells The first notes in the chorus have become a motif that has been inserted into recordings other Christmas songs, most notably a guitar passage at the end of Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" and Clarence Clemons performing a saxophone solo in the middle of Bruce Springsteen's "Merry Christmas Baby"; a piano is also heard playing these notes at the end of Springsteen's version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". A slow version of the chorus opening forms the conclusion of Stan Freberg's 1957 "Green Chri$tma$", interspersed with cash-register noises. Mariah Carey utilizes a bit of the melody in

neg: Merry Christmas II You You" aired on December 13. The show included performances of "Oh Santa!" and "O Come All Ye Faithful" accompanied by her mother Patricia, and "All I Want for Christmas Is You". It was filmed at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on November 6, and executively produced by Carey and Joel Gallen. Accompanied by a gospel choir, Carey performed "One Child" and "O Come All Ye Faithful" at the "Christmas in Washington" event at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.. The performance aired on December 17, 2010, on TNT. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100

neg: The Christmas List The Christmas List The Christmas List is a 1997 TV movie, shown first on The Family Channel, thereafter on ABC Family during its "25 Days of Christmas" programming block. It stars Mimi Rogers. The story follows the life of the 35-year-old Melody Parris (Played by Mimi Rogers), a skilled perfume girl, who is living a somewhat flavorless life in Seattle, with a pompous, pushy boyfriend named George and an overbearing mother (Stella Stevens) who lives right next door to her, who is obsessed with her getting married. It starts with another unsatisfactory day at work for Melody, but on the

neg: Jingle Bells of parody. "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells" has been a well-known parody since the mid-1960s, with many variations on the lyrics. Bart Simpson sings this version on "The Simpsons", the first time being on "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" (December 1989). The Joker himself also sings it in the "" episode "Christmas With the Joker" right before he "got away". These lyrics were included in the 2013 film "Prisoners" starring Hugh Jackman; also Mike Nelson, Tom Servo, and Crow sang those lyrics over the opening credits of "Santa Claus" in episode #521 of "Mystery Science Theater 3000". Comedian Phil Snyder

neg: Miranda Sings is hypercritical of the stars' performances, often telling them that they should leave show-business; sings one or more duets with established (and bemused) musical theatre singers; indignantly reads hate mail (bleeping out any profanity) that she has received on her YouTube channel and other social media; interacts with audience volunteers; uses projected presentations containing terrible spelling; and sometimes improvises a song based on audience suggestions. The act has autobiographical elements from Miranda's backstory. In her holiday act, in addition to some of the above, Miranda has recreated the Christmas story "complete with the Three Kings, the Drummer Boy, and Santa

neg: Melody Mennite Melody Mennite Melody Mennite is an American professional ballet dancer who currently performs as a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet. She previously danced with the Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Born in Santa Cruz, California, Mennite trained at Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre, with Suzanne Farrell at the Kennedy Center, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. At the age of 13, she began summer session studies at Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy. In 2000, at age 16, she spent one year on a full scholarship with Houston Ballet II. She also toured in Austria with Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Mennite joined the Houston

neg: The Spirit of Christmas (short film) Cartman from "South Park") by throwing him. This leads one of the boys to utter the first version of a line which recurs in countless "South Park" episodes: "Oh my God! Frosty killed Kenny!" The boys go to Santa Claus for help, but he turns out merely to be Frosty in disguise. This time he kills the unnamed hooded boy (who resembles Kenny from "South Park") by throwing him. The two remaining boys run away, and come across a nativity scene with a baby Jesus, who flies over to the evil snowman and defeats it by slicing off the magic

neg: Mark Kozelek Sings Christmas Carols Lindsay wrote: "While "Sings Christmas Carols" could provide any miserable person some relief at Christmastime, it also works nicely for anyone who loves these songs to hear someone other than Michael Bublé or Justin Bieber sing them." Andy Gill of "The Independent" stated that "it's the gap between his character and the songs’ sentiments that gives this album its curious appeal." Barry Nicolson of "NME" commented: "The Sun Kil Moon frontman may revel in the role of indie-rock’s great white grinch, but as "Sings Christmas Carols" proves, he’s no more immune to the spirit of the season than his furry

neg: Tenor choir. There are four parts in Barbershop harmony: bass, baritone, lead, and tenor (lowest to highest), with "tenor" referring to the highest part. The tenor generally sings in falsetto voice, corresponding roughly to the countertenor in classical music, and harmonizes above the lead, who sings the melody. The barbershop tenor range is Middle C to A one octave above-Middle C , though it is written an octave lower. The "lead" in barbershop music is equivalent to the normal tenor range. In bluegrass music, the melody line is called the lead. Tenor is sung an interval of a third above the

neg: Oh (Ciara song) Oh (Ciara song) "Oh" is a song recorded by American singer, Ciara who wrote the song with Ludacris (who features on the song), Andre Harris, and Vidal Davis. "Oh" was produced by Harris and Davis, who work as Dre & Vidal. The song was released worldwide on March 2, 2005 as the third single from her debut album, "Goodies". The downtempo Crunk&B song features hip-hop elements and a heavy baseline, and can be seen as an anthem to her hometown, Atlanta, Georgia. Ciara sings about the many things the city has to offer, while Ludacris raps the third verse. The

neg: Santa Who? beard, and take him with them. Instead, when it is proved he is Santa, the reporter regains his faith in Christmas and gains a family. Christopher Null of Filmcritic.com gave "Santa Who?" 2 out of 5 stars. List of television films produced for American Broadcasting Company Santa Who? Santa Who? is a 2000 American made-for-television fantasy-comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen and directed by William Dear. The plot centers on Santa Claus developing a case of amnesia (specifically source amnesia) right before Christmas. As of 2009, it is shown in the 25 Days of Christmas programming block on ABC Family. The

neg: Christmas Inheritance town Ellen feels bad and asks Gray to turn around. At a gasoline stop, Ellen returns Gray's engagement ring and hops on a bus headed for Snow Falls. She attends the community Christmas Eve celebration. Zeke is playing the role of Santa and he reminds the crowd that tradition, friendship and love are the most important gifts. Then Jake and Ellen dance as Aunt Debbie sings "Silent Night". The film began shooting in North Bay, Ontario on March 24, 2017 and wrapped principal production there on April 8, 2017. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval

neg: Lillian Oh Lillian Oh Lillian Oh was the president of the Christmas Island Shire Council between 1993 and 1995. Lillian Oh first moved to Christmas Island to help the Union of Christmas Island Workers to establish a worker-led co-operative mining operation after the mine run by the Christmas Island Phosphate Mining Company was closed by the Australian Government. She was keen to ensure that the new mine was more environmentally friendly than the previous operation and later stated that "only under worker control did the mine start caring for the environment". Oh also assisted in the Christmas Island Rainforest Rehabilitation Program, a

neg: Mark Kozelek Sings Christmas Carols Mark Kozelek Sings Christmas Carols Mark Kozelek Sings Christmas Carols is a Christmas album by American singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek. It was released on November 4, 2014, through Kozelek's own record label, Caldo Verde Records. All songs were recorded by Mark Kozelek in November–December 2013 in San Francisco. The album was announced in December 2013. Upon its release, "Sings Christmas Carols" received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 76, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 9 reviews. Exclaim! critic Cam

neg: Blow the Man Down Jack Williams commands the Black Ball"" line it is sung ""For Captain Jack Sparrow commands the Black Pearl"" to make the song fit the album's theme better. Bill Murray's character sings a chorus from the shanty after his first successful sailing endeavor in the film "What About BOB." The "SpongeBob SquarePants" theme song was inspired by the melody from "Blow the Man Down." "Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Sponge Bob Square Pants!...". Mr. Krabs also sings the melody to the tune while transitioning in several episodes. Also in the season one episode "I Was a Teenage Gary",

neg: Oh Blue Christmas Bianco's studio in Los Angeles. The EP—and "Christmas Time Is Here" in particular—received positive critical reception overall. In the United States, "Oh Blue Christmas" peaked at number 87 on the "Billboard" 200, at number three on "Billboard" Top Holiday Albums chart and at number 28 on the Top Rock Albums chart. A Fine Frenzy was touring the United States when "Bomb in a Birdcage" and "Oh Blue Christmas" were released. "Oh Blue Christmas" has a duration of approximately 22 minutes and includes renditions of three popular holiday songs: "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson), "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard

neg: Oh Chanukah piece sometime before June 13, 1913 (Zeitlin conducted it four times that summer) and later included this orchestral version in his overture "Palestina." Joachim Stutschewsky elaborated on Kopyt's piece in a work for cello and piano called "Freylekhs: Improvisation" (1934). The works by Kopyt, Achron, and Stutschewsky share two distinct melodies: the one that later became "Oh Chanukah, Oh Chanukah" and an arpeggiated tune. In all three pieces, this arpeggiated melody comes first, followed by "Oh Chanukah, Oh Chanukah." However, both tunes are written together as one single melody at the top of Achron's score, and the structure of these

neg: Oh Boy Records company CMA, working with artists like Bette Midler, Al Green and The Manhattan Transfer. When Anka signed John Prine and Steve Goodman to management contracts in 1971, Bunetta became the manager for both of them. In 1980, Prine finished his recording contract with Asylum and moved to Nashville. Rather than sign with another major label, he decided to start one of his own, and was joined by Bunetta and associate Dan Einstein. The new Oh Boy label's first release was a red vinyl Christmas single with Prine singing "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" on the A-side and "Silver Bells"

neg: Josh Santana provincial family. Upon realising the truth about his dwindling singing career, after his fans found out that he had a son, who was kept away from media exposure, died in an accident, he was left with only one option, to accept the offer to have Melody as a guest in his concert. By then, Melody has already become a more popular personality. The world turns around, and this time it is Josh who needs help from Melody, who sings with a crystal clear and angelic voice. They both get a chance to work with each other and eventually fall in

neg: 4 Carats previously co-wrote "Before Your Love", which Clarkson released as her debut double-A side single in 2002 with "A Moment Like This"; while Franc had previously co-wrote "The War Is Over" for "Stronger". Clarkson revealed that "4 Carats" was not originally written for "Wrapped in Red", intending it to be recorded for a pop studio album that would have been a follow-up to "Stronger". Clarkson had then changed its lyrics to fit with "Wrapped in Red"s Christmas themes. A Christmas pop song, the lyrics of "4 Carats" sings of materialism during the holiday season, in which a woman asks Santa Claus

neg: When Christmas Comes decisions "took it up several notches". Mike Diver for BBC was complimentary of "When Christmas Comes", writing although the effect is "less instant" compared to the first single, "Oh Santa!", it fits in well with the rest of the album and is "perfectly formed". "The Village Voice" writer Rich Juzwiak thought that the use of a full band was a "retread" of the songs Carey recorded for her tenth studio album, "The Emancipation of Mimi" (2005). Of the duet, Shelter described it as "sultry", awarded it four stars out of a possible five, and labelled it as being superior to

neg: Oh Santa! back-in singers as well as a group of dancers, consisting of cheerleaders. The plotline is centered on Carey hosting a "Mariah Carey Christmas" television show. The announcer introduces Carey saying "here she is, the greatest singer of all time, Ms. Mariah Carey!". The video then shows Carey's backup singers belting out the chorus while the singer is seen performing in front of a cheering audience. Her collection of fragrances is also advertised in the opening. In the second half of the video, Santa Claus makes an appearance, waving to friends and sharing a hug with Carey. The video ends with

neg: Sing-a-ma-jigs only one that did not sing the same song in the US and Japanese markets. In late November 2010, the first holiday-themed Sing-a-ma-jig was introduced for Christmas. "Santa" is a dark green doll with a white beard, and a red-and-white Santa Claus jacket and cap. He sings "Jingle Bells". The second holiday-themed doll was released in February 2011 in time for Valentine's Day. This doll is red with a pink shirt featuring red hearts. Its ears are unique in that they are also shaped like hearts, breaking away from the bear, dog and rabbit ears used up until now. This

neg: A Christmas Melody finish until October 26. On November 17, 2015, the Hallmark Channel released a trailer for "A Christmas Melody". "Entertainment Tonight" poked fun at the trailer, writing "Only time will tell how much holiday cheer can be stuffed into one movie, but if this trailer is any indication, "A Christmas Melody" will be pushing the boundaries." "A Christmas Melody" first aired on the Hallmark Channel on December 19, 2015, as part of the annual "Countdown to Christmas" holiday programming. It was seen by 3.95 million viewers upon release, more than any other show that day. VH1 wrote a mixed review for

neg: Elvis sings The Wonderful World of Christmas later pressings, the song "Blue Christmas", which was recorded on June 27, 1968, was added to the track listing. The song had been previously released on the 1968 album, "Elvis". Elvis sings The Wonderful World of Christmas Elvis sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas is the fifteenth studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released in October 1971. It was his first Christmas album with new recordings since "Elvis' Christmas Album" (1957). The album's single, "Merry Christmas Baby" / "O Come All Ye Faithful", was later released in November 1971. This album was a top seller and topped

neg: Secret Santa (30 Rock) social-networking site", similar to that of MySpace and Facebook. The song Liz sings for Jack's Christmas gift is a parody of the song Anyone Else but You originally by The Moldy Peaches featured in the film Juno. Liz revealed that she played John Proctor "in a gender-blind" high school production of "The Crucible". In one scene of "Secret Santa", Kenneth has multiple arrangements of multicultural holiday decorations in his desk page, which includes a portrait of U.S. President Barack Obama "for the Muslims." Jack promises actor Larry Wilcox an appearance on the reality show "Dancing with the Stars", if he

neg: Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby) featured on the follow-up album "Melody Fair". Reportedly, Doris subsequently went into A&R work before being sidelined by mental instability, which may have been a factor in his being killed when run over by a bus in London in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Issued as advance single from "New Routes" in October 1969, "Oh Me Oh My ..." represented a radical change of direction for Lulu, who was coming off her best ever UK chart placing at #2 with the Eurovision winner "Boom Bang-a-Bang". The move to a more mature sound with "Oh Me Oh My ..." was

neg: Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music was Perry Como's first Christmas album, originally released as an RCA Victor 78 RPM album set in 1946. The original release included "O Little Town of Bethlehem" which was replaced in 1947 by the famous "White Christmas". This album, along with Como's later stereo Christmas albums, "Season's Greetings from Perry Como" and "The Perry Como Christmas Album", are among the all-time best-selling Christmas albums and has been reissued several times. The original release was an RCA Victor "Musical Smart Set" consisting of four 78 RPM records. Disc 1:

neg: Barbershop music Barbershop music Barbershop vocal harmony, as codified during the barbershop revival era (1930s–present), is a style of a cappella close harmony, or unaccompanied vocal music, characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic texture. Each of the four parts has its own role: generally, the lead sings the melody, the tenor harmonizes above the melody, the bass sings the lowest harmonizing notes, and the baritone completes the chord, usually below the lead. The melody is not usually sung by the tenor or baritone, except for an infrequent note or two to avoid awkward voice leading,

neg: Christmas in Harlem "Christmas in Harlem" received positive reviews from critics. Giving the song a three-and-a-half star rating, Chuck Eddy of "Rolling Stone" stated: "Kanye's tinsel-tinted stocking stuffer sounds uncharacteristically tossed-off, as if he's preoccupied with the Xmas shopping spree he says he's planning. But actual Harlem R&B hopeful Teyana Taylor offers warmth from the wind chill, eventually slipping into the comfy melody from the Brothers Johnson's 'Strawberry Letter 23.' And gruff-rapping Atlanta Santa CyHi Da Prynce promises presents for non-Christian kiddies, too — hauled in a Porsche-speed sleigh." The magazine later included the song in its list of "The Greatest Rock &

neg: The Beatles' Christmas records split by this point. It features an extensive visit with Lennon and his wife Yoko at their Tittenhurst Park estate, where they play "what will Santa bring me?" games. Harrison and Ringo Starr appear only briefly, the latter to publicise his recent film, "The Magic Christian". McCartney sings his original ad-lib, "This is to Wish You a Merry, Merry Christmas." Starting at 1:30, at the tail-end of Starr's song, the guitar solos from "The End" are heard, followed by Ono interviewing Lennon. For the only time, the American and British jackets were identical. The US version of the flexi-disc had