Musicals with Great Holiday Songs?

[Akitarent]

Posted: 8/24/11 at 12:52pm

What are some songs from musicals that have great holiday songs (ie. Mame's --> We Need a Little Christmas)

[CockeyedOptimist2]

Posted: 8/24/11 at 12:55pm

"White Christmas" from Holiday Inn

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/24/11 at 1:20pm

Here's Love - Pinecones and Holly Berries
Subways are for Sleeping - Be a Santa
Annie - New Deal for Christmas
Best Little Whorehouse - Hard Candy Christmas
I Love My Wife - Lovers on Christmas Eve
Rex - Christmas at Hampton Court
Irma la Douce - Christmas Child
A Christmas Carol - God Bless Us Everyone; A Place Called Home; Mr. Fezziwig's Annual Christmas Ball
Greenwillow - Greenwillow Christmas
Meet Me in St. Louis - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
She Loves Me - Twelve Days to Christmas
Mrs. Santa Claus - Seven Days 'til Christmas
In the Good Old Summertime - Merry Christmas
The Happiest Millionaire - It Won't Be Long 'til Christmas
Song of Norway - At Christmastime
On Moonlight Bay - Christmas Story
White Christmas - Happy Holiday
New Face of 1952 - Santa Baby
Flahooley - Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus?

[jv92]

Posted: 8/24/11 at 1:23pm

I've always been partial to "Twelve Days to Christmas" from SHE LOVES ME. It's very clever.

[justoldbill]

Posted: 8/24/11 at 1:34pm

Have Yourself A Merry Little You-Know What- MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
Lovers On Christmas Eve- I LOVE MY WIFE
Greenwillow Christmas- GREENWILLOW
Pine Cones And Hollyberries- HERE'S LOVE
Christmas Child- IRMA LA DOUCE
Turkey Lurkey Time- PROMISES, PROMISES
Christmas Day- PROMISES, PROMISES
At Christmastime- SONG OF NORWAY
Snowflakes And Sweethearts- ANYA
Be A Santa- SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING
Twelve Days To Christmas- SHE LOVES ME
Practically the entire scores to SCROOGE, HOLIDAY INN, and any Christmas TV special that comes to mind. Two of my favorites aren't from shows, but they have terrific covers for holiday decor. Here they are-
Merry Christmas, Little Friend by Rodgers and Hammerstein
I Thank You For Your Love by Jones and Schmidt

Updated On: 8/24/11 at 01:34 PM

[Barcelona]

Posted: 8/24/11 at 2:45pm

Turkey Lurkey Time, of course. I also like "Hard Candy Christmas", though I'm pretty sure it was already recorded by Dolly Parton before it was used in the show (I need to Google that).

Although it's not exactly a holiday song, "My Favorite Time of Year" from Catch Me If You Can definitely has that sound, and I love it!

[Jamesilsley]

Posted: 8/24/11 at 3:34pm

Nope- Hard Candy Christmas was written for the show by Carol Hall. Dolly only became associated with it when she did the movie, but it was always in the show.

[alterego]

Posted: 8/24/11 at 8:53pm

Not "Holiday Songs", just say it, Christmas Songs.

[Barcelona]

Posted: 8/24/11 at 10:08pm

Thanks Jamesilsley! My extended family is very southern so I always just assumed it was a Dolly song :p

[charlesjguiteau]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 11:17am

Just curious-- are there ANY other holidays that have been commemorated in Broadway shows other than Christmas? An odd Halloween, Arbor Day or Rosh Hashana song perhaps?

Sure there are a few with a Happy New Year theme (Sunset Boulevard and Cabaret come to mind), but none of them is much of an anthem.

And sorry, "Easter Parade" doesn't count if we're talking Broadway...

[Jon]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 11:22am

Schmidt & Jones' CELEBRAQTION is set on New Year's Eve.

IN THE HEIGHTS takes place on the 4th of July.

And by the way, the song "Easter Parade" was originally written for the Broadway revue, AS THOUSANDS CHEER.

[charlesjguiteau]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 12:57pm

good news, Jon, I happily stand corrected. Thanks :)

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 6:36pm

Godspell - Oh God I'm Dying (Easter)
1776 - The Egg (July 4th)
Jesus Christ Superstar - Crucify Him! (Good Friday)
- Hosanna! (Palm Sunday)
Applause - One Halloween

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 6:42pm

It's "And I Will Always Love You" that was written by Dolly Parton and inserted into the movie soundtrack, long before Whitney Houston recorded it.

Let's don't forget "Surabaya-Santa" from Jason Robert Brown's "Songs for New World." I've always thought that what Christmas really needs are more Brechtian parodies.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 7:08pm

ah, and another that's become a standard

Ertha Kitt's showstopping Santa Baby from New Faces of 1952