Christmas and holiday season
The Christmas season, or festive season, (also called the holiday season or simply the holidays, mainly in the U.S. and Canada), is an annually recurring period recognized in many Western and Western-influenced countries that is generally considered to run from late November to early January, defined as incorporating at least Christmas, and usually New Year, and sometimes various other holidays and festivals. It incorporates a period of shopping which comprises a peak season for the retail sector (the "Christmas (or holiday) shopping season"), and a period of sales at the end of the season (the "January sales"). Christmas window displays and Christmas tree lighting ceremonies when trees decorated with ornaments and light bulbs are illuminated, are traditions in many areas.
Originally within the Roman Catholic Church, the term "Christmas season" was considered synonymous with Christmastide, a term associated with Yuletide, which runs from December 25 (Christmas Day) to January 6 (Epiphany), popularly known as the 12 Days of Christmas. However, as the economic impact involving the anticipatory lead-up to Christmas Day grew in America and Europe into the 19th and 20th centuries, the term "Christmas season" began to become synonymous instead with the traditional Christian Advent season, the period observed in Western Christianity from the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day until Christmas Day itself. The term "Advent calendar" survives in secular Western parlance as a term referring to a countdown to Christmas Day from the beginning of December.
Merry Christmas (disambiguation)
"Merry Christmas" is a spoken or written greeting traditionally used on or before the Christmas holiday.
Merry Christmas may also refer to:
Film and television
Music
Albums
Merry Christmas (Kate Ceberano album)
Merry Christmas is the first Christmas album recorded by Australian recording artist Kate Ceberano and was certified Gold The album included a duet with Ronan Keating.
Track listing
The 2009 edition of Merry Christmas had 12 tracks, 11 Christmas classics and 'radiate', which was on her previous album "Dallas et Kate". "Radiate" was composed by Dallas Cosmas and Ceberano
The album was re-released in 2010. The 2010 Edition removed 'Radiate' but included three new tracks including duets with David Campbell and Jimmy Little This was released on 12 November 2010.
The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry 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.
The album was released on vinyl LP and 8-track, and was out of print for decades before being rereleased on CD in 1999 by Artanis Entertainment Group.
Track listing
Merry Christmas
chestnuts roasting on an open fire,
jack frost nipping on your nose,
yuletide carols being sung by a choir,
and folks dressed up like eskimos.
everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe,
help to make the season bright.
tiny tots with their eyes all aglow,
will find it hard to sleep tonight.
they know that santa's on his way;
he's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh.
and every mother's child is going to spy,
to see if reindeer really know how to fly.
and so i'm offering this simple phrase,
to kids from one to ninety-two,
although its been said many times, many ways,
merry christmas
merry christmas