Αντίθετα με ότι νομίζουν κάποιοι, δεν πρόκειται για το original και τη διασκευή του, αλλά για δυο τραγούδια με τον ίδιο τίτλο, από ισάριθμους soul masters – ξεκινώντας με τον Stevie Wonder και το άλμπουμ του 1967 Someday At Christmas. Συντελεστές του τραγουδιού οι Anna Gaye, George Gordy, Allen Story. 16 χρόνια αργότερα (1983) κυκλοφορεί το άλμπουμ White Christmas του Al Green, απ’ όπου ακούμε (02:27) τη δική του εκδοχή για το νόημα των Χριστουγέννων, με το τραγούδι εδώ να υπογράφουν οι Mosea Dillard, Claude Hill, Sharon Michalsky, Chiquita Mullins (οι στίχοι του δεν ανευρίσκονται). 🍄 🍄 Contrary to what some people think, this is not a case of an original and its cover version, but rather two completely different songs sharing the same title, performed by equally legendary soul masters – starting with Stevie Wonder and his 1967 album Someday at Christmas. The song’s writers are Anna Gaye, George Gordy, and Allen Story. Sixteen years later, in 1983, Al Green released the album White Christmas, from which we hear his own take (running time 2:27) on the meaning of Christmas. This version is credited to Mosea Dillard, Claude Hill, Sharon Michalsky, and Chiquita Mullins (whose lyrics cannot be found online).

… Oh, yeah
Candles burnin’ low
Lots of mistletoe
Lots of snow and ice
Everywhere we go
Choirs singin’ carols
Right outside my door
… All these things and more (all these things and more)
Whoa, that’s what Christmas means to me my love
(That’s what Christmas means to me, my love) whoa, yeah
Yeah
… And ya know what I mean
I see your smilin’ face
Like I never seen before
Even though I love ya madly
It seems I love you more
The little cards you’ll give me
Will touch my heart for sure
… All these things and more, darling (all these things and more)
Whoa, that’s what Christmas means to me my love
(That’s what Christmas means to me my love) oh, yeah, I
… I feel like runnin’ wild (runnin’ wild)
As anxious as a little child
Greet you ‘neath the mistletoe
Kiss you once and then some more
And wish you a Merry Christmas baby (wish you a Merry Christmas baby)
Whoa, and such happiness in the comin’ year
Oh, baby (happiness in the comin’ year)
… Let’s deck the halls with holly
Sing sweet silent night
Fill the tree with angel hair
And pretty, pretty lights
Go to sleep and wake up
Just before daylight
… And all these things and more, baby (all these things and more)
Whoa, that’s what Christmas means to me my love
(That’s what Christmas means to me my love) oh, baby, baby
… Candles burnin’ low
Lots and lots of snow (alright)
Christmas bells are ringin’
Christmas choirs singin’
Christmas mistletoe