Christmas Time Is Here

"Christmas Time Is Here" is a popular Christmas standard written by Lee Mendelson and Vince Guaraldi 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.

"Christmas Time Is Here"
Single by Vince Guaraldi
from the album A Charlie Brown Christmas
ReleasedDecember 1965 (1965-12)
Recorded1965
GenreJazz, Christmas music
Length6:05 (instrumental version)
2:43 (vocal version)
LabelFantasy
Composer(s)Vince Guaraldi
Lyricist(s)Lee Mendelson
Vince Guaraldi singles chronology
"Theme to Grace"
(1965)		 "Christmas Time Is Here"
(1965)		 "I'm a Loser (live)"
(1966)

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).

See also

References
  1. "The BMI Holiday Countdown: Vince Guaraldi Trio, "Christmas Time is Here"". BMI. December 20, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2016.



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