Uploaded December 2012 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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We Wish You A Merry Christmas (A Cappella) - Julien Neel
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ABOUT THE SONG
"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular secular sixteenth-century English carol from the West Country of England. The origin of this Christmas carol lies in the English tradition where wealthy people of the community gave Christmas treats to the carolers on Christmas Eve such as 'figgy puddings' that were very much like modern day Christmas puddings. It is one of the few English traditional carols that makes mention of the New Year celebration.

I sang a more modern American version of the lyrics here and shortened it a bit.

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LYRICS
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Good tidings to you wherever you are
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year

We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year