Songs Of Christmas Past Part 4: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year is a happy tune about the activities associated with the Christmas season and getting together with relatives and friends. Among the activities is the old Victorian Christmas tradition of telling scary ghost stories. One of the stories that survived since that period was the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol.

Composed by Edward Pola and George Wyle in 1963, this song recorded and released by singer Andy Williams later that year and included in Williams first Christmas album. Over the years, it became a Holiday standard with it being one of Billboard's Top 10 Holiday Songs since 2001. Since its first release in 1963, numerous artists covered It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year as well as used in several commercials and movies.

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It's Christmas! (for Advanced Piano). Arranged by Dan Coates. For solo piano. Piano - Intermediate / Advanced Collection; Piano Supplemental. Dan Coates Piano Favorites. Christmas. SMP Level 8 (Early Advanced). Collection. Standard notation (does not include words to the songs). 44 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.AFM0211A).

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The Complete Christmas Music Collection For voice, piano and guitar (chords only). This edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords. P/V/C Mixed Folio; Piano/Vocal/Chords. The Complete Collection Series. Sacred. SMP Level 5 (Intermediate). Songbook. Vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. 264 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.F3350SMD).