We Wish You A Marry Christmas and Happy New Year

This musical composition is considered a traditional English Christmas carol and can be attributed to the type of songs-carols.

Unlike many other Christmas songs, this one mentions not only the celebration of Christmas, but the celebration of the New Year as well.

The clear allusion to the traditional Christmas treat is in in the second verse of the carol “Now bring us some figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer …”. The performers expected to get the Christmas hamper as a reward for their singing. The line “We wish you a merry Christmas” was a welcome to the owners of the house, and the following words about the figgy pudding meant that the group of performers would not stop singing until a reward was received. Nowadays, this phrase can be easily replaced with a request for the alternative Christmas dessert as a reward. It depends on the country where it is performed - for example, in the USA; a festive fruitcake can be the equivalent.

As a tribute to one of the major Christian holidays, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, we invite you to listen to one of the famous secular Christmas carols “We Wish You a Merry Christmas!"