Stereotypical assumptions can cause misunderstandings, such as unintentionally offending a non-Christian person by wishing them a " Merry Christmas ".

In the old days people carried these wafers from house to house wishing their neighbors a Merry Christmas.

In Nagisa Oshima's film the same year, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, based on Laurens van der Post's novel The Seed and the Sower, Bowie played Major Jack Celliers, a prisoner of war in a Japanese internment camp.

In late 2004, he released the EP Merry F #%$ in ' Christmas, which included a mix of new music, previously unreleased recordings, and some tracks from Lock ' n Load.

He has produced numerous movies, television shows, and specials through his production company, Apostle ; these include Comedy Central's Shorties Watchin ' Shorties, the stand-up special Denis Leary's Merry F #$% in ' Christmas, and the movie Blow.

Kaye starred in several movies with actress Virginia Mayo in the 1940s, and is well known for his roles in films such as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ( 1947 ), The Inspector General ( 1949 ), On the Riviera ( 1951 ) co-starring Gene Tierney, Knock on Wood ( 1954 ), White Christmas ( 1954, in a role originally intended for Fred Astaire, then Donald O ' Connor ), The Court Jester ( 1956 ), and Merry Andrew ( 1958 ).

The acts also teamed for two yuletide favorites: a frantic, melodious, harmonic rendition of " A Merry Christmas at Grandmother's House ( Over the River and Through the Woods )", and another duet by Danny & Patty, " All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth "

On 10 October 2006 Sounds of the Season: The Enya Holiday Collection was released containing six songs: the previously released " Oíche Chiúin " ( a. k. a. " Silent Night ") and " Amid the Falling Snow ", new recordings of the standards " Adeste Fideles " ( a. k. a. " Oh Come All Ye Faithful ") and " We Wish You a Merry Christmas " as well as two original songs, " Christmas Secrets " and " The Magic of the Night ".

Sinatra recorded several anti-war songs, including " My Buddy ", featured on her album Sugar, " Home ", co-written by Mac Davis, and " It's Such A Lonely Time of Year ", which appeared on the 1968 LP The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas.

Some popular Christmas carols are " We Wish You a Merry Christmas ", " Deck the Halls ", " The Twelve Days of Christmas ", " Frosty the Snowman ", " Jingle Bells ", " Silver Bells ", " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ", and " O Holy Night ".

He began acting and composing for film with Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ( 1983 ), which he starred in and composed the score for ; the song " Forbidden Colours " which he composed for it became a worldwide hit and he won a BAFTA Award for the film's score.

Moviegoers may recognize Sakamoto primarily through his score work on two films: Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ( 1983 ), including the title theme and the duet " Forbidden Colours " with David Sylvian, and Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor ( 1987 ), the latter of which earned him the Academy Award with fellow composers David Byrne and Cong Su.

Frequent collaborator David Sylvian contributed lead vocals to " Forbidden Colours " – the main theme to Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence – which became a minor hit.

Sakamoto has also acted in several films: perhaps his most notable performance was as the conflicted Captain Yonoi in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, alongside Takeshi Kitano and British rock singer David Bowie.

Ryuichi Sakamoto has won a number of awards for his work as a film composer, beginning with his score for Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence ( 1983 ) winning him the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music.

* Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ( 1983 ) ( Won BAFTA )

In episode 106, Kermit identifies the name of the theater as The Benny Vandergast Memorial Theater, although by the time of It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, it is simply called " The Muppet Theater.

In a deleted scene from It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, Kermit reveals that J. P. has died and left the theater to the Muppets in his will.

* " Merry Christmas, Emily " ( 2002 )

Messages change throughout the year, and include seasonal messages (" Merry Christmas / Joyeux Noel ") and promotional messages ( such as Canada Post's web address ).

In 1980, when Meco was there recording Christmas in the Stars: The Star Wars Christmas Album, Tony Bongiovi recommended him for the song " R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas.

* Wiesner, Merry E. Early Modern Europe, 1450 – 1789 ( Cambridge History of Europe ) ( 2006 )

She finished off 2006 with the role of Mistress Quickly in the RSC's new musical The Merry Wives, a version of The Merry Wives of Windsor.

* 2006 – The box set compilation A Piano: The Collection includes the " Star Trunk Funkin ' Mix " edit as well as the " Merry Widow Live Version ," but again, not the album version.

* The independent film Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas was filmed here in late 2005 and early 2006.

In late 2006, UK chart rules changed to allow downloads of old singles eligible to chart which allowed " Merry Xmas Everybody " to return annually to the chart.

He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company for the Christmas 2006 season playing Mr Page in Merry Wives: the Musical ( a version of The Merry Wives of Windsor ) opposite Judi Dench, Simon Callow and Haydn Gwynne.

He released four more albums on the RCA label: Merry Christmas with Love ( 2004 ), A Thousand Different Ways ( 2006 ), and the Christmas EP, All is Well ( 2006 ).

On 21 March 2006, Firoz Kassam sold the club for approximately £ 2 million, including the club's debts, to Florida-based businessman Nick Merry, who had played for United's youth team in the mid-1970s.

In late 2006 a number of meetings between the then Mayor, Cllr Elayne Merry, and local businesses lead to the formation of the Peacehaven & District Chamber of Commerce in February 2007.

From 1997 to 2006, Nabors starred in the Burton White-produced A Merry Christmas with Friends and Nabors, a live performance at the Hawaii Theatre Center in Honolulu.

In 2004, she recorded the holiday album Merry Christmas and, after a return to music with a new record label, Biedermann released the rock-pop album Naked Truth ( 2006 ) and dance pop-influenced album Undress to the Beat ( 2009 ) the following years.

's three grandchildren, Macy Baby ( December 2005 ) and Merry Leigh ( May 2011 ), born to Kudzoo, and Gunther ( July 2006 ), born to Sukari.

* 2006 – 07: Friends of Henry Golis Wish You A Merry Christmas with The Jordanaires, and Henry Golis Presents Good Music With Friends featuring The Jordanaires

The building has long since been demolished, but as of 2006, the former UCI Cinema ( built in the 1980s as an AMC multiplex ) at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre in Brierley Hill was refurbished as an Odeon Cinema.

Also included on this disc were " Didn't I ", " Merry Christmas from the Family " and the new song " She Don't Tell Me To " ( also co-written by Rutherford, Shapiro and DiPiero ), which peaked at number 5 on the country charts in early 2006.

In 2006 she performed as Hanna Glawari in Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow for Opera Holland Park in London in 2006.

The first commercial recording of a Jimmy Webb song was " My Christmas Tree " by The Supremes, which appeared on their 1965 Merry Christmas album.

Perhaps most significantly, the band's acclaimed 1968 concept album The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society gave an affectionate embrace to " Merry England " nostalgia and advocated for the preservation of traditional English country village and hamlet life.

The album included 11 new recordings, featuring covers of Joni Mitchell's " River ", Gordon Lightfoot's " Song for a Winter's Night ", and John Lennon's " Happy Xmas ( War Is Over )", which she recorded with her outreach children and youth choir, and seasonal favourites: " Christmas Time Is Here ", " O Little Town of Bethlehem ", " Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ", " Silent Night ", " The First Noel ", and " Greensleeves ( What Child Is This?

Meanwhile, a top ten charting holiday album, Merry, Merry Christmas, was released in the fall — spawning another top 10 hit, " This One's for the Children " and going double platinum in the U. S. The proceeds were donated to United Cerebral Palsy, the New Kids ' favorite charitable cause.

She also recorded a bilingual version of Petit Papa Noël with Alvin and the Chipmunks for the 1994 holiday album A Very Merry Chipmunk.

Later members included Mable John, Merry Clayton, Clydie King, Minnie Riperton, Susaye Greene, Beverly LeSure and Rita Graham who recorded the album Rita Graham Vibrations produced by Ray Charles on his Tangerine label, the only major recording production Ray Charles produced on a single female artist on that label.

A few popular music artists have used elements of the Merry England story as recurring themes ; The Kinks and their leader Ray Davies crafted The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society as a homage to English country life and culture: it was described by Allmusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine as an album " lamenting the passing of old-fashioned English traditions "; Arthur ( Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire ) also contains similar elements.

On August 14, 1997, Kesey appeared with the Merry Pranksters at a Phish concert during a performance of the song " Colonel Forbin's Ascent " from the album The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday.

On November 16, 2004, Aiken released a holiday album titled Merry Christmas with Love, which set a new record for fastest-selling holiday album in the Soundscan era ( since 1991 ).

Merry Christmas with Love sold over 1, 000, 000 copies retail in six weeks and was the best-selling holiday album of 2004, receiving RIAA Platinum certification on Jan. 6, 2005.

* Mariah Carey covered the song for her 13th studio album, Merry Christmas II You, and released it as the album's second single on December 14, 2010.

Sobule's output also includes original songs available only via the Internet, a cover of Robert Earl Keen's Christmas novelty track " Merry Christmas from the Family ," and a version of the late Warren Zevon's " Don't Let Us Get Sick " included on both Sobule's acoustic album and on a posthumous Zevon tribute record.

* Merry Christmas ( Various Artists album, Etiquette, 1966 )

In 2004, Croatian pianist Maksim Mrvica included a piano remix of " Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence " on his third album, Variations Part I & II.

In 2009, Japanese-American pop singer Hikaru Utada used a sample from this song on her second English-language album This Is the One, entitling her song " Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence-FYI .".

The same year, Jade Villalon sampled the track to her song " Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence-Rocket Girl -" from the album Saint Vox.

Also in 2009, British teen singer Faryl Smith recorded a version of the song for her album Wonderland, entitled " Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence ( Somewhere Far Away )".

Japanese post-hardcore band Fact recorded a track by the title Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence on their self-titled album.

Jermaine worked on Mariah Carey's Christmas album, Merry Christmas II You, as well as with Weezer and Lil Wayne on the song " Can't Stop Partying.

In 1965, The Supremes recorded the song for their album Merry Christmas.

Mariah Carey re-recorded this song for her 1994 album Merry Christmas.