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.

In 1989 he created the children's comedy TV series Maid Marian and her Merry Men, a loose retelling of the legend of Robin Hood in which he appeared as the Sheriff of Nottingham.

* Maid Marian and her Merry Men ( 1989 – 1994 ) – Sheriff of Nottingham & creator / writer

1989 saw " Merry Xmas Everybody " make another new chart appearance, this time reaching number 99.

* Arrest These Merry Gentlemen ( 1989 )

C & A also opened stores in a number of out-of-town locations, most notably its store at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre in the West Midlands, which opened in November 1989.

On 4 November 1989, it was opened a store at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre in Brierley Hill.

Larson also contributed to the seasonal albums Tennessee Christmas ( 1987 ) with " One Bright Star ", Acoustic Christmas ( 1988 ) with " Christmas is a Time for Giving " and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ( 1989 ) with " Nothing But a Child " and " One Bright Star ".

* IM-04 Merry Cook ( 1989 )-Nintendo FP-24 Chef

* IM-22 Merry Footballer ( 1989 )

As an actor, Lewis is probably most associated in the British public consciousness with his role as Rabies, one of the Merry Men in the award-winning 1989 BBC Children's television comedy series Maid Marian and her Merry Men.

* 1989: New Kids on the Block ( with lead vocals by Danny Wood ) recorded the song for their Christmas album, Merry, Merry Christmas.

*# The Merry Devils ( 1989 )

In 1989, Keenlyside joined the roster of Scottish Opera, where he stayed until 1994, performing as, among other roles, Marcello ( La bohème ), Danilo ( The Merry Widow ), Harlequin ( Ariadne auf Naxos ), Guglielmo ( Così fan tutte ), Figaro ( Barber of Seville ), Billy Budd ( Billy Budd ), Papageno ( Zauberflöte ) and Belcore ( L ' elisir d ' amore ).

* Highway to Heaven: " Merry Christmas From Grandpa " ( 1989 ) TV episode.

In the children's comedy Maid Marian and her Merry Men ( 1989 – 94 ) the character is parodied as a wide boy called Much the Mini-Mart Manager's Son.

The retailer had agreed to become tenants of a store at Merry Hill during the summer of 1989, but had hoped to keep its Dudley and West Bromwich stores open alongside it ; however the declining trade in both of these towns led to both stores being closed in 25 August 1990, some two months before the Merry Hill store opened.

A similar situation had arisen with British Home Stores, who had opened a store in the final phase of the complex in November 1989, but continued to trade from its Dudley store ; however the opening of the Merry Hill store was followed by a sharp decline in trade from the Dudley store, and the decision to close this store had been taken by March 1990, with the store finally closing June of that year.

WH Smith, who have been at Merry Hill since 1989, still have stores in Dudley and Halesowen and even opened a new store in Stourbridge during the 1990s.

C & A, who had a store at Merry Hill from November 1989 until withdrawing from Britain in 2001, kept their Dudley store open until January 1992.

Littlewoods kept their Dudley store open for two months after its Merry Hill replacement opened in November 1989, cashing in on the 1989 Christmas sales before closing it in January 1990.