A Christmas Card of Merry Christmas Greetings to one and all.
Christmas time evokes such pleasant memories of bygone years spent celebrating with family and friends. I remember those years of waiting down the basement of our Cleveland home, with my parents and grandparents, whilst Santa Claus delivered the presents for us kids. It was amazing that he seemed to "get" my list and would usually bring just the right gift. Equally amazing was how our parents instinctively "knew" which present Santa meant for each of us! Hmmm ...
It's the Christmas music along with the decorations that help to bring back some of these fond memories. So, I thought I'd put together this lens to share a couple of the tunes that get me into the season's spirit. I hope you enjoy and have a very Merry and Blessed Christmas! And, to all, a good night!
How do YOU feel about Christmas?
I'll be home for Christmas ...
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I'll be home for
Christmas
You can count on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
and presents on the tree
Christmas Eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
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See this Christmas Greeting and listen to the music.
I'll be home for Christmas music
I'll be home for Christmas videos
Christmas is ...
Christmas () is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. It refers to both the day commemorating the birth, and also the Christmastide season which that day inaugurates, concluding with the Feast of the Epiphany. The date of the celebration is traditional, and is not considered to be Jesus' actual date of birth. Christmas festivities often combine the observation of the Nativity with various cultural customs, many of which have been influenced by earlier winter festivals. Although nominally a Christian holiday, it is also observed as a cultural holiday by many non-Christians.
In most places around the world, Christmas Day is celebrated on December 25. Christmas Eve is the preceding day, December 24. In Germany and some other countries, the main Christmas celebrations commence on the evening of the 24th.
The day following Christmas Day, December 26, is called Boxing Day in the United Kingdom and many countries of the Commonwealth, and called St. Stephen's Day or the Feast of Saint Stephen in Catholic countries.
The Armenian Apostolic Church observes Christmas on January 6. Eastern Orthodox Churches that still use the Julian Calendar celebrate Christmas on the Julian version of 25 December, which is January 7 on the more widely used Gregorian calendar, because the two calendars are now 13 days apart.
The prominence of Christmas Day increased gradually after Charlemagne was crowned on Christmas Day in 800. Around the 12th century, the remnants of the former Saturnalian traditions of the Romans were transferred to the Twelve Days of Christmas (25 December ? 5 January). Christmas during the Middle Ages was a public festival, incorporating ivy, holly, and other evergreens, as well as gift-giving.
Modern traditions have come to include the display of Nativity scenes, holly and Christmas trees, the exchange of gifts and cards, and the arrival of Father Christmas or Santa Claus on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. Popular Christmas themes include the promotion of goodwill and peace.
Here comes Santa Claus ...

Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus,
Right down Santa Claus Lane.
Vixen, Blitzen,
all his reindeer . . .
Pulling on the reins.
Bells are ringing, children singing,
All is merry and bright.
Hang your stockings and say a prayer,
'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight.
Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus,
Riding down Santa Claus Lane.
He's got a bag that's filled with toys
For boys and girls again.
Hear those sleigh bells jingle jangle,
What a beautiful sight.
Jump in bed and cover up your head,
Because Santa Claus comes tonight.
Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus,
Riding down Santa Claus Lane.
He doesn't care if you're a rich or poor boy,
He loves you just the same.

Santa knows that we're God's children,
That makes everything right.
Fill your hearts with Christmas cheer,
'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight.
Well, here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus,
Riding down Santa Claus Lane.
He'll come around when the chimes ring out
It's Christmas morn again.
Peace on Earth will come to all
If we just follow the light
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Let's give thanks to the Lord above,
'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight.
'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight.
[Words and music by Gene Autry and Oakley
Haldeman]
See this Christmas Greeting and listen to the music.
Here comes Santa Claus music
Here comes Santa Claus videos
Santa Claus pics
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Sleigh Ride ...


Just hear those sleigh bells jingle-ing
Ring ting tingle-ing too
Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you
Outside the snow is falling
And friends are calling "You Hoo"
Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you
Giddy-yap giddy-yap giddy-yap
let's go
Let's look at the snow
We're riding in a wonderland of snow 
Giddy-yap giddy-yap giddy-yap it's grand
Just holding your hand
We're gliding along with the song
Of a wintry fairy land
Our cheeks are nice and rosy
And comfy cozy are we
We're snuggled up together like two
Birds of a feather would be
Let's take the road before us
And sing a chorus or two
Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you
There's a birthday party at the home of Farmer Gray
It'll be the perfect ending of a perfect day
We'll be singing the songs we love to sing without a single stop
At the fireplace while we watch the chestnuts pop
Pop! Pop! Pop!
There's a happy feeling nothing in the world can buy
When they pass around the coffee and the pumpkin pie
It'll nearly be like a picture print by Currier and Ives
These wonderful things are the things
We remember all through our lives
See this Christmas Greeting and listen to the music.
Sleigh Ride music
Sleigh Ride videos
Sleigh Ride pics
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer ...


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Grandma got run over by a
reindeer,

Coming home from our house Christmas Eve
You can say there's no such thing as Santa, 
But as for me and Grandpa we
believe
She'd been drinking too much eggnog,
And we begged her not to go
But she forgot her medication,
So she staggered out the door into the snow
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When we found her Christmas morning,
At the scene of the attack
There were hoove marks on her forehead,
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And incriminating claw marks on her back
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Grandma got run over by a
reindeer,
Coming home from our house Christmas Eve

You can say there's no such thing as Santa,
But as for me and Grandpa we believe
Now the goose is on the table,
And the pudding made of fig
And the blue and silver candles,
That would just have matched the hair in grandmas wig
It's not Christmas without Grandma,
All the relatives dressed in black
And we cannot help but wonder,![]()
Should we open up the gifts or send them back
Grandma got run over by a
reindeer,
Coming home from our house Christmas Eve
You can say there's no such thing as Santa,

But as for me and Grandpa we
believe !
See this Christmas Greeting and listen to the music.
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer music
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Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer videos
Twelve Days of Christmas ...
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:This article is about the religious period from Christmas to Epiphany. For the popular Christmas song, see The Twelve Days of Christmas (song).
The Twelve Days of Christmas and the associated evenings of those twelve days (Twelve-tide), are the festive days beginning the evening of Christmas Day (December 25) through the morning of Epiphany (January 6). The associated evenings of the twelve days begin on the evening before the specified day. Thus, the first night of Christmas is December 25?26, and Twelfth Night is January 5?6. This period is also known as Christmastide.
Over the centuries, differing churches and sects of Christianity have changed the actual traditions, time frame, and their interpretations. St. Stephen's Day, for example, is December 26 in the Western Church and December 27 in the Eastern Church. December 26 is Boxing Day in the United Kingdom and some of its former colonies; December 28 is Childermas or the Feast of the Innocents. Currently, the 12 days and nights are celebrated in widely varying ways around the world. For example, some give gifts only on Christmas night, some only on Twelfth Night, and some each of the 12 nights.
What remains constant is celebrating the birth of Jesus on December 25 and a period of twelve days and nights leading up to Epiphany.
Which Christmas tune is your fav?
Drop me a line ...
Does Christmas bring back fond memories for you? What is your favorite memory? How do you celebrate? What's your favorite Christmas tune?
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rms
Thank you for adding this adorable lens to the Best Christmas Ever Group! Posted December 10, 2007 |
| astrongarm
I love that christmas song, grandma got run over by a reindeer!!! Thanks for writing this lens. Posted November 29, 2007 |
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