"At Christmas Time" is a song written/produced by Luther Vandross and arranged by Paul Riser!
Luther Ronzoni Vandross, Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Throughout his career, Vandross was an in demand background vocalist for several different artists including Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Barbra Streisand, Ben E. King, and Donna Summer. He later became the lead singer of the group Change, which released its certified gold debut album, The Glow of Love, in 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. After Vandross left the group, he was signed to Epic Records as a solo artist and released his debut solo album, Never Too Much, in 1981.
His hit songs include, "Never Too Much", "Here and Now", "Any Love", "Power of Love/Love Power", "I Can Make It Better" and "For You to Love". Many of his songs were covers of original music by other artists such as "If This World Were Mine" (duet with Cheryl Lynn), "Since I Lost My Baby", "Superstar" and "Always and Forever". Duets such as "The Closer I Get to You" with Beyoncé, "Endless Love" with Mariah Carey and "The Best Things in Life Are Free" with Janet Jackson were all hits in his career.
During his career, Vandross sold over 25 million records worldwide, and received eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four different times. He won a total of four Grammy Awards in 2004 including the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for a song recorded not long before his death, "Dance with My Father". The song was co-written with Vandross' friend and protégé, Richard Marx.
Ooh, every year at Christmas time
I hear the people laughin
Smilin, bein happy again
Ooh, at Christmas time
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
Merry Christmas to the world
I wish happiness and love for every boy and every girl
Cause the holiday
Makes me feel this way
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
What a joy it is to find
Happy people joined together for the love of Christmas time
Ooh, and they feel that way
Every Christmas day
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
Ooh, every year at Christmas time
I hear the people laughin
Smilin, bein happy again
Ooh, at Christmas time
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
Ooh, I wish that everyday of the year
Could have the love that we feel on Christmas day
Ooh, every year at Christmas time
I hear the people laughin
Smilin, bein happy again
Ooh, at Christmas time
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
Every year at Christmas time
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
Every year at Christmas time
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
At Christmas time
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
Every day of the year at Christmas time
(Merry, Merry Christmas) Christmas time
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
Merry, Merry, Merry
Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas time
(Merry, Merry Christmas) Ooh
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
Have a Merry, Merry
A Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas time
(Merry, Merry Christmas) A Christmas time
(Merry, Merry Christmas)
Ooh... (fade)
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