We Wish You a Merry Christmas
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| Date | 16th Cent. |
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"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a traditional Christmas song. The simple chorus and holiday greetings have made it a popular finale to many holiday specials over the years.
It was sung by the Muppets at the end of A Muppet Family Christmas, and on the Sesame Street Christmas Sing-Along, Merry Christmas from Sesame Street, and A Sesame Street Christmas albums.
The song also closes the John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together album.
It was also sung by a group of Christmas carolers a few times in Elmo's World: Happy Holidays, with one of those times being a special chorus for Dorothy called "We Fish You a Merry Christmas".
Craig Ferguson and Pepe the King Prawn sang the song in a special caroling insert on The Late Late Show in 2005.
A parody of this song, "We Wish You a Merry 'Fridge Day", was sung in Episode 212: Refrigerator Day of Dinosaurs.
Audio releases
- Merry Christmas from Sesame Street (1975)
- A Christmas Together (1979)
- Sesame Street Christmas Sing-Along (1984)
- Christmas on Sesame Street (1986)
- A Sesame Street Christmas (1995)
- A Green and Red Christmas (2006)
- Bob! from Sesame Street: Christmas Sing Along (2007)
