Grant followed up this album with the first of her Christmas albums — albums that later would be the basis for her holiday shows.

Schoen had arranged for him on White Christmas, The Court Jester, and albums and concerts with the Andrews Sisters.

Since 1989, Brooks has released 19 records in all, which include ; 9 studio albums, 1 live album, 4 compilation albums, 3 Christmas albums and 2 box sets, along with 77 singles.

Connick's best selling album in the United States is his 1993 Christmas album When My Heart Finds Christmas, which also is one of the best selling Christmas albums in the United States.

He also released three albums of Christmas music with his own band.

She released a Christmas album called For Christmas with Love ( recorded in Hollywood, California ) and later signed with A & M Records, releasing more albums including, A Gift of Song and Climb Ev ' ry Mountain.

The reformed group issued more albums, including new studio albums Future Road in November 1997 ( which peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart ) and Morningtown Ride to Christmas ( which reached the top 20 in 2001 ).

Newton-John also released several Christmas albums.

Will, who has never had to work thanks to the royalties from his father's hit Christmas song, " Santa's Super Sleigh ," has a lot of spare time, which he spends smoking, watching TV, listening to albums and looking for temporary female companionship.

In addition to his cantata, The Animals ' Christmas, he has always included religious songs in his albums —" Psalm One-Five-O ", " Jerusalem ", and " I Will Arise " are a few examples — and his lyrics have included biblical verses and allusions.

In 1954, Monk participated in a Christmas Eve session which produced most of the albums Bags ' Groove and Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants by Miles Davis.

Lauper reprises two holiday-themed tracks for previous albums that blend seamlessly with the newer material: " Feels Like Christmas ", a Cajun-spiced tune from Hat Full of Stars and " Early Christmas Morning " from Sisters of Avalon.

Since its first recording in 1910, the choir has earned five gold albums ( two in 1963-The Lord's Prayer and Handel's Messiah, one in 1979-The Joy of Christmas, and two in 1985-The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Sings Christmas Carols and Joy to the World ) and two platinum albums ( in 1991-Hallmark Christmas: Carols of Christmas and 1992-Hallmark Christmas: Celebrate Christmas !).

After Roman times, Einhard mentions that in 765 – 6 Pippin the Younger spent both Christmas and Easter at Aquis villa (""), which must have been sufficiently equipped to support the royal household for several months.

In 2009, many retailers with both online and High Street stores launched their online sales on Christmas Eve and their High Street sales on Boxing Day.

Elfman also provided the singing voice for Jack Skellington in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas and the voices of both Barrel and the " Clown with the Tear-Away Face ".

Other chart hits during this period included Parton's chart-topping cover of the 1969 First Edition hit " But You Know I Love You " and " The House of the Rising Sun " ( both 1981 ), " Single Women ", " Heartbreak Express " and " Hard Candy Christmas " ( 1982 ) and 1983's " Potential New Boyfriend ", which was accompanied by one of Parton's first music videos, and which also reached the U. S. dance charts.

When Mary was in her thirties, she attended a reunion with Edward and Elizabeth for Christmas 1550, where 13-year-old Edward embarrassed Mary, and reduced both her and himself to tears in front of the court, by publicly reproving her for ignoring his laws regarding worship.

and its first three singles, two more singles were released in the second half of 2003 with up-tempo " Thank You Baby " (# 11 in the UK, Top 20 in Germany ) and just before Christmas the romantic, acoustic ballad " When You Kiss Me ", at least a minor hit in both territories.

It is said that, at Christmas and on New Year's Eve, he used to put back the clocks by two hours in Mercader's house so that he could make a toast at midnight with both families.

Wallace and Gromit have also been used as the TV Station Ident for Christmas periods for the BBC, in both 1995 and 2008.

The king was at Gloucester for Christmas 1080 and at Winchester for Whitsun in 1081, ceremonially wearing his crown on both occasions.

No guest star ever appeared twice on The Muppet Show, although John Denver appeared both on the show and in two specials ( John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together and John Denver & the Muppets: Rocky Mountain Holiday ).

The Squirrel Nut Zippers song " Gift of the Magi " from their 1998 album Christmas Caravan is a duet sung from the point of view of both Jim and Della.

On another episode, O ' Brien, noting that Hanks was missing Christmas on his promotional tour, brought the season to him, including a gift ( the skeleton of Hooch ), and a mass of snow burying them both.

In legend, the creature brings colored eggs in his pouch, candy and sometimes also toys to the homes of children, and as such shows similarities to Father Christmas, as they both bring gifts to children on the night before their respective holiday.

Newton-John's television work included starring in two Christmas films, A Mom for Christmas ( 1990 ) and A Christmas Romance ( 1994 ) – both Top 10 Nielsen hits.

Her daughter, Chloe, starred as one of her children in both A Christmas Romance and in the 2001 Showtime film The Wilde Girls.

Marillion continued to tour throughout 2005 playing several summer festivals and embarking on acoustic tours of both Europe and the United States, followed up by the " Not Quite Christmas Tour " of Europe throughout the end of 2005.

However, both European Mistletoe and the North American species, Phoradendron serotinum, are commercially harvested for Christmas decorations.

Other likely influences were a visit made by Dickens to the Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from March 20-22, 1842 ; the decade-long fascination on both sides of the Atlantic with spiritualism ; fairy tales and nursery stories ( which Dickens regarded as stories of conversion and transformation ); contemporary religious tracts about conversion ; and the works of Douglas Jerrold in general, but especially " The Beauties of the Police " ( 1843 ), a satirical and melodramatic essay about a father and his child forcibly separated in a workhouse, and another satirical essay by Jerrold which may have had a direct influence on Dickens ' conception of Scrooge called " How Mr. Chokepear keeps a merry Christmas " ( Punch, 1841 ).

Another contestant includes Dr. William Whitney Christmas of the U. S., who claimed ( among other things ) to have invented the aileron in the 1914 patent for what would become the Christmas Bullet, which was built in 1918 but which proved uncontrollable with both examples built crashing on their first flight.

Garland debuted the standards " The Trolley Song " and " Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ", which both became hits after the film was released.

He also made non-speaking cameo appearances in both Mickey's Christmas Carol and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

It is about the strange contradiction that Christmas is a day both of mourning and rejoicing, which Christians also do for martyrs.

Viewership peaked on Christmas Day 1987 when an average of 28. 5 million viewers tuned in to see Hilda Ogden leave the street to start a new life as a housekeeper for long term friend Dr Lowther ( although there is some confusion as to whether or not this was actually the highest rating episode due to a special omnibus repeat of that week's episodes being combined with the original airing ).

Leaving DreamWorks for Island Def Jam's Def Soul Classics imprint, the brothers released the 2006 album, Baby Makin ' Music, which peaked at # 5 on the Billboard 200 and included the R & B hit, " Just Came Here to Chill ", following that up with their first Christmas album, I'll Be Home for Christmas, in 2007.

In November, the band released a party album called Crackers-The Christmas Party Album which peaked at number 34 and was certified UK Gold later that month.

In December 2008, they released their 75th single and first Christmas single, entitled " It's Christmas Time ", which peaked at No. 40 in the UK Singles Chart.

The song became a big hit over Christmas and eventually peaked at No. 1 in January 1974, becoming their second biggest hit.

The first single release from the Da Capo album was " Beautiful Morning ", which peaked at number 14 in Sweden and number 38 in Germany, where it was followed by " The Juvenile ", which was used for a Christmas campaign by German TV channel RTL.

Shortly before the latter, Lawrence also issued a Christmas album entitled All Wrapped Up in Christmas, the title track of which peaked at No. 57 based on Christmas season airplay.

The single peaked at # 4 on the Christmas chart.

This release marked the first time that any Shooting Star record appeared on CD and included two previously unreleased songs, " Christmas Together ," a 1985 single which had been played on Kansas City radio, and " Touch Me Tonight ," a new song by Van which peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at # 67.

Upon release, the single peaked at # 4 on the Christmas chart, outsold only by Westlife at the height of their popularity, Cliff Richard ( with " The Millennium Prayer "), and a re-release of John Lennon's " Imagine ".

Kelly released a single, " Christmas Countdown ", a comedy song based on the " 12 Days of Christmas " carol, ( penned by Hugh Leonard ) which reached number 8 in the Irish Singles Chart in 1982 and peaked at 26 in the UK Singles Chart in 1984.

* 1981: A version of the song by the German band Boney M. was released both on their 1981 Christmas album, Christmas Album, and as a single ( which peaked at no.

Between the years 2000 and 2003, Gotee released three full-length albums, one Christmas album, and four EPs with Relient K. In 2004, their fourth album Mmhmm was released on both Capitol Records and Gotee, and peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard 200.

Lee Michaels ' 1971 version reached # 39 on the Hot 100 ; both his and Gaye's versions peaked during Christmas week.

Although not as successful as Age to Age, A Christmas Album still peaked in the Top Ten of the Christian chart and spawned a Top 20 Christian radio single in " Emmanuel.

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.

The single was followed by 3 further Top 5 hits in 1989 ; " Express Yourself " ( No. 5 ), " Cherish " ( No. 3 ) and " Dear Jessie " which peaked at No. 5 over the Christmas period, becoming a big seller, selling over 250, 000 copies.