| "Christmas Time Is Here" | ||||
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| Single by Vince Guaraldi | ||||
| from the album A Charlie Brown Christmas | ||||
| B-side | "What Child Is This?" | |||
| Released | December 1965 | |||
| Recorded | September-October 1965 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Christmas music | |||
| Length | 6:05 (instrumental version) 2:43 (vocal version) | |||
| Label | Fantasy | |||
| Composer(s) | Vince Guaraldi | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Lee Mendelson | |||
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"Christmas Time Is Here" is a popular Christmas standard written by Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson for the 1965 television special A Charlie Brown Christmas,[1] one of the first animated Christmas specials produced for network television in the United States.
Two versions were included on the album A Charlie Brown Christmas: an instrumental version by the Vince Guaraldi Trio and a vocal version by choristers from St. Paul's Episcopal Church in San Rafael, California, who had previously performed with Guaraldi on At Grace Cathedral (1965).
- ^ "The BMI Holiday Countdown: Vince Guaraldi Trio, "Christmas Time is Here"". BMI. December 20, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2016.