1. A psychedelic pop band fr… Read Full Bio ↴There are seven artists with this name:
1. A psychedelic pop band from Boston, MA
2. A psychedelic/progsessive rock band from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
3. A U.K. Folk band
4. A sludge/drone band from Malvern, West Midlands, UK
5. An Indie band from Medicine Hat, Alberta.
6. A rock and roll band from Olympia, WA
7. Atmospheric sludge/doom/post-metal band from Cleveland, Ohio, United States
1) Christmas were a band who recorded three albums of quirky neo-psychedelic pop in the late 1980s. Based in Boston, MA, the trio of Liz Cox (aka Miss Lily Banquette, vocals and bongos), Michael Cudahy (aka The Millionaire, guitar and vocals), and bassist Dan Salzmann released their debut album, In Excelsior Dayglo in 1986. The track "Big Plans" became a modest college radio and MTV hit, but the album, owing to Big Time Records' perennial financial woes, could not sustain the band's momentum.
The band relocated to Las Vegas, signed to I.R.S., and released Ultraprophets of Thee Psykick Revolution in 1989. Arguably their finest work, it featured another small-time hit in "Stupid Kids", and the caustic, satirical "Richard Nixon" earned critical attention as well. But the strange, though appealing, record seemed a bit out of step with the top college radio bands that year, and it sunk with little notice.
Christmas recorded Vortex in 1991 but could not immediately find a label for it. In the interim, Cox and Cudahy swapped tongue-in-cheek-psychedelia for tongue-in-cheek lounge music and formed the still quirky, but far more accessible and successful Combustible Edison together with Peter Dixon. When finally released in 1993, the bored-sounding Vortex made barely a ripple.
2) Christmas was formed in 1969 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, out of the ashes of the cult underground psychedelic band Reign Ghost. In July 1970, Christmas released an independent self-titled debut that brought some media attention to the band and a contract with the Daffodil Records label. In December 1970, less than six months after the release of the debut, Christmas released their debut Daffodil Records album entitled Heritage. Christmas was comprised of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Bob Bryden, bass Tyler Raizenne, drummer Rich Richter, and Robert Bulger on guitars, all of whom were still in their teens. The album gathered good reviews and was well received by critics but it was not commercially viable because the long songs and hard rock sound. It became an instant favorite in the underground music scene just about everywhere but in Canada. Despite the international response to the album, Heritage proved to be the last release by the band under the name Christmas due to management problems and difficulty with the direction of the next album. Consequently, Christmas broke up in late 1971 only to resurface the following year, lineup intact, under the name the Spirit of Christmas. In the late '80s and '90s, the original Heritage album became a highly sought after collector's item, especially in the U.S.A. and Europe because of the band's unorthodox style and progressive influences.
3) Christmas was a short-lived UK based band called Christmas led by PJ Harvey's collaborators, Rob Ellis and Tim Farthing. They released a self-titled EP in 2001 on Morpheus Records. Their music placed the emphasis on atmosphere and pure evocation: mournful gothic narratives skated through mordent folky, psych landscapes.
4) Christmas are a four-piece from Malvern, West Midlands, UK. They play a gritty and minimal, yet melodic sludge/doom metal made of long drawn-out pieces, multiple movements and moods.
5) Christmas is an indie band from Medicine Hat, Alberta.
6) Christmas is a punk rock band from Olympia, WA. They released their first 7" on Endless Latino in September 2009. The members are Jake Jones, Emily Beanblossom, Patrick Michael Scott-Walsh, Dave Halegua. http://www.myspace.com/christmassed
7) Atmospheric sludge/doom/post-metal band from Cleveland, Ohio, United States who released their debut self-titled album on November 15, 2019.
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I'll Be Home for Christmas
Christmas Lyrics
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I'll be home for Christmas
You can plan on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents on the tree
Christmas eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
If only in my dreams
I'll be home for Christmas
You can plan on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents on the tree
Christmas eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
The lyrics of "I'll Be Home For Christmas" convey the longing of someone who is away from home during the holidays. The singer assures their loved ones that they will be home for Christmas, even if it's only in their dreams. They urge their loved ones to have snow and mistletoe and presents on the tree, which are all traditional symbols of the holiday season, and emphasize the importance of being together with family during this time. The final lines of the song reveal that the singer is willing to keep up the facade of being home for Christmas, even if they are not physically able to be there, just to feel the warmth and love of this special time.
The song was originally written by lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent during World War II, when many soldiers were serving overseas and unable to return home for the holidays. The song was recorded by Bing Crosby in 1943, and it quickly became a popular hit. The song's message of hope and longing resonated with many people who were separated from loved ones during the war, and it has continued to be a beloved holiday classic in the years since.
Line by Line Meaning
I'll be home for Christmas
I promise to be home with my loved ones for Christmas
You can plan on me
You can count on me to keep my promise
Please have snow and mistletoe and presents on the tree
I hope to experience the traditional holiday atmosphere with my family and friends
Christmas eve will find me where the love light gleams
I will be with those that love me and light up my life on Christmas Eve
If only in my dreams
If I am unable to physical be with them, I'll still be with them in my thoughts and dreams
Lyrics © GANNON & KENT MUSIC CO, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Buck Ram, Walter Kent, Kim Gannon
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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I'll be home for Christmas
You can plan on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents by the tree
Christmas eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
I'll be home for Christmas
You can plan on me
Please have some snow and mistletoe
And presents by the tree
Christmas eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
@jomess7879
My dad liked this song and would randomly sing it. He went home to be with Jesus on Christmas day 2019. I guess he kept his word
@akierrah3329
Awww this both breaks and warms my heart. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas. God bless 💕
@dellamysko2435
Prayers for your family this year
@cvonhessen
Merry Christmas to you & your family. Your father is happy with God in Heaven & he’ll sing with the angels 🌹
@arayaariyasombad9975
Players for you and your family
@jan0201
Merry Christmas n am sure you are going to enjoy the Christmas with the rest of the your family. Stay Safe n observe social distancing. 😷🎄🎄🎄🎄🎁🎁🎁🍷🥂🥂🍻
@myheadisafilingcabinet
christmas songs always make me just feel better. i don’t care if it’s april or i am sobbing, play me a christmas song and i will have the biggest smile on my face
@scearpdigital4924
This guy and his music are truly a blessing to humankind.
@theseventhday3291
Hits differently when you can't go home for Christmas
@aethrics2557
Really does 😭