Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. ~ Isaiah 7:14
Christmas Song Lyrics Compiled by Charles P. Scott
Merry Christmas Darling
Lyrics
Greeting cards have all been sent
The Christmas rush is through
But I still have one more wish to make
A special one for you
Merry Christmas Darling
We're apart that's true
But I can dream and in my dreams,
I'm Christmas-ing with you.
Holidays are joyful
There's always something new
But every day's a holiday
When I'm near to you
The lights on my tree
I wish you could see. I wish it every day
The logs on the fire fill me with desire
To see you and to say
That I wish you a merry Christmas
Happy New Year, too
I’ve just one wish on this Christmas Eve
I wish I were with you
About This Song
A perfect example of this is one of the Carpenters’ most-loved holiday songs: “Merry Christmas, Darling”. Richard once said in an interview that the siblings felt they were born to perform Christmas music, and that this classic was destiny at work. But the duo didn’t write this one. It was written by Frank Pooler, the choral director at CSU Long Beach, the university Karen and Richard attended. Pooler wrote the song when he was 18, for his then girlfriend as a Christmas present. Unfortunately, the relationship went sour and the song was forgotten about for 22 years until Pooler revived it for the Carpenters. Richard worked his magic on the then-outdated melody, and the song went to gold status for the duo.
