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Joe Christmas is a fictional character, one of the central characters in the 1932 novel Light in August by William Faulkner.

Raised in an orphanage, Joe Christmas knows little about his own identity. While he is presumably both black and white, Joe Christmas appears to be mostly white; in fact, there is no certainty that he is black at all, though he identifies himself as such.
His search for racial identity is central to the work.

His initials allude to Jesus Christ.

One critic described him as the loneliest character in American literature.

Home for Christmas is the second American album by the pop group ‘N Sync, released on November 10, 1998. The lead single from the album, “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays”, achieved moderate success on the radio. It was certified Double Platinum in the US and has sold 4 million copies worldwide.

Track listing

1. “Home For Christmas” (Haase/Morehead)
2. “Under My Tree” (Peiken/Roche)
3. “I Never Knew The Meaning Of Christmas” (Rogers/Sturken)
4. “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays” (Renn/Chasez/Timberlake)
5. “The Christmas Song” (Mel Tormé/Robert Wells)
6. “I Guess It’s Christmas Time” (Peiken/Bliss)
7. “All I Want Is You This Christmas” (Briley/Calitri)
8. “First Noel” (Traditional)
9. “In Love On Christmas” (Bennett/Hailey/Hailey)
10. “It’s Christmas” (Ries/Thomas)
11. “O Holy Night” (Traditional, arranged by Wiley)
12. “Love’s In Our Hearts On Christmas Day” (Haase/Lowell/Werking)
13. “The Only Gift” (Christensen/Franzell)
14. “Kiss Me At Midnight” (Renn/Lamb)

Other Christmas Songs

Two other ‘N Sync Christmas songs that did not make it on this album but on other compilations are:

• “I Don’t Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You” (Found on “Now That’s What I Call Christmas Vol. 2″)
• “You Don’t Have To Be Alone (On Christmas)” (Found on “The Grinch” soundtrack)

A Very Special Christmas Live is the fourth in a series of Christmas music-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was recorded in Washington, D.C. at a benefit party held by then President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton in December 1998 to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the Special Olympics. In October 1999, it was released under the production supervision of Bobby Shriver for A&M Records.

Track listing

1. “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” – Mary J. Blige and Sheryl Crow
2. “Christmas in Hollis” – Run-DMC
3. “Please Come Home for Christmas” – Jon Bon Jovi
   
4. “Christmas Blues” – John Popper and Eric Clapton
5. “What Child Is This” – Vanessa Williams
6. “Christmas Tears” – Eric Clapton
7. “O Holy Night” – Tracy Chapman
8. “Give Me One Reason” – Tracy Chapman and Eric Clapton
9. “Merry Christmas Baby” – Sheryl Crow and Eric Clapton
10. “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” – Jon Bon Jovi
11. “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” – all artists

Step into Christmas is a Christmas song written and performed by Elton John, released in 1973. Though it was originally released as a stand-alone single in 1973 with the B-Side “Ho! Ho! Ho! Who’d Be a Turkey at Christmas”, it was later included as a bonus track on the 1996 remastered reissue of the album Caribou. It also appears on the albums Elton John’s Christmas Party, Rare Masters, To Be Continued, and The Best Christmas Album In The World…Ever!.

Other versions

It was covered by the band The Wedding Present on their 1992 album Hit Parade II, and also covered by The Business for the ‘Bollocks to Christmas’ EP.

External links

• Step

Into Christmas lyrics

Step into Christmas is a Christmas song written and performed by Elton John, released in 1973. Though it was originally released as a stand-alone single in 1973 with the B-Side “Ho! Ho! Ho! Who’d Be a Turkey at Christmas”, it was later included as a bonus track on the 1996 remastered reissue of the album Caribou. It also appears on the albums Elton John’s Christmas Party, Rare Masters, To Be Continued, and The Best Christmas Album In The World…Ever!.

Other versions

It was covered by the band The Wedding Present on their 1992 album Hit Parade II, and also covered by The Business for the ‘Bollocks to Christmas’ EP.

External links

• Step Into Christmas lyrics

A Very Special Christmas 2 is the second in a series of Christmas music-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released in 1992 and production was overseen by Jimmy Iovine for A&M Records.

Track listing

1. “Christmas All Over Again” - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2. “Jingle Bell Rock” - Randy Travis
3. “The Christmas Song” - Luther Vandross
4. “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” - Frank Sinatra/Cyndi Lauper
5. “The Birth of Christ” - Boyz II Men
6. “Please Come Home For Christmas” - Jon Bon Jovi
7. “What Christmas Means To Me” - Paul Young
8. “O Christmas Tree” - Aretha Franklin
9. “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” - Ronnie Spector/Darlene Love
10. “White Christmas” - Michael Bolton
11. “Christmas Is” - Run D.M.C.
12. “Christmas Time Again” - Extreme
13. “Merry Christmas Baby” - Bonnie Raitt And Charles Brown
14. “O Holy Night” - Tevin Campbell
15. “Sleigh Ride” - Debbie Gibson
16. “What Child Is This?” - Vanessa Williams
17. “Blue Christmas” - Ann and Nancy Wilson
18. “Silent Night” - Wilson Phillips
19. “I Believe In You” - Sinéad O’Connor

The Christmas Collection, album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo. It was released on October 25, 2005 in the United States. The album is a collection of Christmas or holiday-inspired songs.

Track listing

1. “O Holy Night”
2. “White Christmas”
3. “Ave Maria”
4. “When A Child Is Born”
5. “Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)”
6. “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
7. “Panis Angelicus”
8. “Rejoice”
9. “Silent Night”
10. “The Lord’s Prayer”

Ho, Ho, Ho (officially titled “VH1 Presents RuPaul Ho Ho Ho”) is the 1997 album of Christmas music released by drag queen, singer and actress RuPaul. The album was a combination of original music, standards and comedy vingettes. Most of the traditional songs were given a campy twist. The title is a double entendre: though it is a phrase associated with Christmas (it is the sound of Santa’s laughter expressed through onomatopoeia,) the term “ho” also refers to a whore or prostitute. The album’s cover features three scantily-clad versions of RuPaul, and the back cover features her legs with panties around the ankles; these are the “three hoes”.

The album was tied-in to a television Christmas special from The RuPaul Show on VH1. Much of the humor on the album is of a risqué nature, making it quite different from traditionally wholesome holiday albums. For instance, the classic “All I Want For Christmas” is turned into a thumping dance song with lyrical changes requesting breast implants, a tummy tuck and rhinoplasty, so that (as she sings) “I can look real purty!”.

Track listing

1. With Balls On
2. RuPaul the Red-Nosed Drag Queen
3. All I Want For Christmas
4. Santa Baby
5. All Alone On Christmas
6. Christmas Train (medley)
7. Christmas Nite
8. Funky Christmas (Christmas At My House)
9. I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus
10. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
11. You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
12. Hard Candy Christmas
13. Celebrate (New Year’s Remix)

Christmas is all in the Heart is a 2003 album by Steven Curtis Chapman.

Tracks

1. Silver Bells
2. Winter Wonderland
3. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
4. Go Tell it on the Mountain
5. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
6. O Little Town of Bethlehem
7. O Come All Ye Faithful
8. This Baby
9. O Come O Come Emmanuel
10. Home for Christmas
11. Silent Night Medley

A Partridge Family Christmas Card is a vinyl album of Christmas music the case of which contained a reproduction of a Christmas card that was signed by the whole Partridge Family, the stars of a 1970s sitcom. The song “My Christmas Card to You” was original, the remainders were standards. The album was issued in 1993 on CD.

Track listing

• “My Christmas Card to You”
• “White Christmas”
• “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”
• “Blue Christmas”
• “Jingle Bells”
• “The Christmas Song”
• “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
• “Winter Wonderland”
• “Frosty the Snowman”
• “Sleigh Ride”
• “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

Christmas Wonderland is an instrumental Christmas album by Bert Kaempfert and his orchestra from 1963.

Tracks

1. The Little Drummer Boy
2. Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
3. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
4. Holiday For Bells
5. Winter Wonderland
6. Children’s Christmas Dream
7. Sleigh Ride
8. White Christmas
9. Toy Parade
10. Christmas Wonderland
11. Jingo Jango
12. Jumpin’ Jiminy Christmas

A spritzgebäck is a type of German Christmas cookie. They are relatively easy to make and require only common ingredients, including eggs, butter, sugar, and flour. When made correctly, they are crisp, fragile, somewhat dry, and buttery.

Spritzgebäck is a common pastry in Germany and served often during Christmas time. During this time, it is not unusual for mothers to spend the afternoons baking with their children for one or two weeks. Traditionally, mothers bake Spritzgebäck after their own special recipes, which they pass down to their children.

See also

• Recipe for Spritzgebäck in Wikibooks Cookbook

Christmas

EP 2004 is an album by Seven Nations.

1. “2000 Miles”
2. “Carol of the Bells”
3. “Away in a Manger”
4. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
5. “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
6. “The Rebel Jesus”
7. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together is a 1979 Christmas television special starring Jim Henson’s Muppets and the late singer/songwriter John Denver. Better known is the soundtrack album of the same name, which featured thirteen tracks of traditional carols and original songs. This album was later re-released in 2000 as an edited ten track version and the original full-length CD has now been re-released in its entirety in 2006.

The previously missing tracks, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (performed by John Denver and Rowlf the Dog), When the River Meets the Sea (performed by John Denver and Robin), and Little Saint Nick (performed by Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem) are, ironically, among the best-loved on the album .

Track listing

1. “Twelve Days of Christmas”
2. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
3. “The Peace Carol”
4. “Christmas Is Coming”
5. “A Baby Just Like You”
6. “Deck the Halls”
7. “When the River Meets the Sea”
8. “Little Saint Nick”
9. “Noel: Christmas Eve, 1913″
10. “The Christmas Wish”
11. “Medley” (Alfie, The Christmas Tree and It’s In Everyone of us”)
12. “Silent Night, Holy Night”
13. “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”

“We Wish You a Merry Christmas” is a popular secular 16th century English carol from West Country of England. It is one of the few traditional holiday carols that makes mention of the New Year’s celebration.

Lyrics

1. We wish you a merry Christmas; We wish you a merry Christmas;
We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Chorus:
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin.
We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! (Or “Good tidings for Christmas and a happy New Year!”)

2. Now, bring us some figgy pudding; now, bring us some figgy pudding;
Now, bring us some figgy pudding and bring some out here!
Chorus

3. For we all like figgy pudding; for we all like figgy pudding;
For we all like figgy pudding: so bring some out here!
Chorus

4. And we won’t go until we’ve got some; We won’t go until we’ve got some;
And we won’t go until we’ve got some; so bring some out here!
Chorus

A Partridge Family Christmas Card is a vinyl album of Christmas music the case of which contained a reproduction of a Christmas card that was signed by the whole Partridge Family, the stars of a 1970s sitcom. The song “My Christmas Card to You” was original, the remainders were standards. The album was issued in 1993 on CD.

Track listing

• “My Christmas Card to You”
• “White Christmas”
• “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”
• “Blue Christmas”
• “Jingle Bells”
• “The Christmas Song”
• “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
• “Winter Wonderland”
• “Frosty the Snowman”
• “Sleigh Ride”
• “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas is a 1968 Christmas album by Frank Sinatra and featuring his children, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Nancy Sinatra, and Tina Sinatra.

Track listing

1. “I Wouldn’t Trade Christmas” (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:55
2. “It’s Such a Lonely Time of Year” (Taylor) – 4:38
3. “Some Children See Him” (Hutson) – 2:59
4. “O Bambino (One Cold and Blessed Winter)” (Capra, Velona) – 2:59
5. “The Bells of Christmas (Greensleeves)” (Traditional, ad. Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:41
6. “Whatever Happened to Christmas?” (Jimmy Webb) – 3:05
7. “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” (Coots, Gillespie) – 2:35
8. “Kids” (Davis) – 3:01
9. “The Christmas Waltz” (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:12
10. “The Twelve Days of Christmas” (Traditional, ad. Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:26

Personnel

• Frank Sinatra - Vocals (Tracks 1, 5, 6, 9, 10)
• Frank Sinatra, Jr. - Vocals (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 10)
• Nancy Sinatra - Vocals (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10)
• Tina Sinatra - Vocals (Tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 10)
• Nelson Riddle - Arranger, Composer
• Don Costa - Arranger, Composer
• The Jimmy Joyce Singers

The Christmas Collection, album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo. It was released on October 25, 2005 in the United States. The album is a collection of Christmas or holiday-inspired songs.

Track listing

1. “O Holy Night”
2. “White Christmas”
3. “Ave Maria”
4. “When A Child Is Born”
5. “Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)”
6. “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
7. “Panis Angelicus”
8. “Rejoice”
9. “Silent Night”
10. “The Lord’s Prayer”

A Very Special Christmas 5 is the fifth in a series of Christmas music-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released in October 2001, with production supervision by Bobby Shriver, Jon Bon Jovi, and Joel Gallen for A&M Records.

Track listing

1. “This Christmas (Hang All the Mistletoe)” - Macy Gray
2. “Little Drummer Boy/Hot Hot Hot” - Wyclef Jean
3. “Noel! Noel!” - Eve 6
4. “Blue Christmas” - Jon Bon Jovi
5. “Merry Christmas Baby” - Stevie Wonder & Wyclef Jean
6. “O Come All Ye Faithful” - City High
7. “Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You” - SR-71
8. “Christmas Day” - Dido
9. “Run Rudolph Run” - Sheryl Crow
10. “Back Door Santa” - B.B. King & John Popper
11. “Little Red Rooster” - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
12. “Christmas Don’t Be Late (Chipmunk Song)” - Powder
13. “Silent Night” - Stevie Nicks
14. “I Love You More” - Stevie Wonder & Kimberly Brewer
15. “White Christmas” - Darlene Love

A Faithful Christmas is an album by Faith Evans. It was released October 25, 2005 on Capitol Records. A collection of holiday songs, it contains songs such as White Christmas and Santa Baby. The tracks “Happy Holiday” & “Christmas Wish” were written with her daughter Chyna Griffin.

Track listing

1. “Happy Holiday” (Evans, Chyna Griffin) – 5:19
2. “The Day That Love Began” (Miller, Miller) – 3:26
3. “Soulful Christmas” (Ballard, Brown, Ellis) – 3:06
4. “Santa Baby” (Javits, Springer, Springer) – 3:19
5. “Merry Christmas Baby” (Baxter, Dudley) – 4:33
6. “Mistletoe and Holly” (Sancola, Sinatra, Stanford) – 2:16
7. “Christmas Wish” (Baxter, Coleman, Evans, Griffin, Moore) – 3:31
8. “Christmas Song” (Torme, Walls) – 3:35
9. “This Christmas” (Hathaway, McKinnor) – 3:51
10. “White Christmas” (Berlin) – 3:26
11. “O Come All Ye Faithful” (Wade) – 3:37

External reference

• AllMusic entry