"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.

Sesame Street

• The song has been featured on multiple Sesame Street albums, including Merry Christmas from Sesame Street, Sesame Street Christmas Sing-Along, and and A Sesame Street Christmas.

• The finale of the Singapore Sesame Street stage show Christmas Makes Magic features the song.

• The song is included on the Bob McGrath album, Bob! from Sesame Street: Christmas Sing Along.

• The album Happy Sesame Street Christmas features the song in Japanese.

Muppet renditions

• The song closes the John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together album, and briefly during the closing credits on the special of the same name. It is also included in the companion sheet music book and released as the B-side of a Muppet Single.

• It was also sung by the Muppets at the end of A Muppet Family Christmas.

• Another version of the song was recorded for the album A Green and Red Christmas.

Other productions

• Craig Ferguson and Pepe the King Prawn sang the song in a special caroling insert on The Late Late Show in 2005.

Merchandise

• A Gorham Sesame Street music box with Ernie and Cookie Monster caroling features the song.

• Sing-Along Holiday Songs features the carol as one of its ten Christmas songs.

• A Kurt Adler snowglobe with Elmo holding a picture frame plays the song.

References

• It was 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".

• A parody of this song, "We Wish You a Merry 'Fridge Day", was sung in Episode 212: Refrigerator Day of Dinosaurs.

• The book A Very Muppet Christmas features a rendition of the song called, "We Wish You a Muppet Christmas."

• Rowlf makes reference to the carol in his original song "The Christmas Party Sing-Along."