Released: October 16, 2012

Songwriter: Charles Brown Gene Redd

Producer: David Hodges

[Verse 1]
Bells will be ringing
The sad, sad news
Oh, what a Christmas
To have the blues
My baby's gone
I have no friends
To wish me greetings
Once again

[Pre-Chorus]
Crowds will be singing
Silent Night
Christmas carols
By candlelight
Please come home for Christmas
Please, come home for Christmas
If not for Christmas
By News Year's night

[Chorus]
Friends and relations
Send salutations
Sure as the stars shine above
But this is Christmas
Yes, Christmas my dear
The time of year
To be with the ones you love

[Post-Chorus]
So won't ya tell me
You'll never more roam
Christmas and New Years
We'll find your home
There'll be no sorrow
No grief and pain
And I'll be happy, happy once again

[Instrumental Break]

There'll be no sorrow
No grief and pain
And I'll be happy, happy once again

[Chorus]
Friends and relations
Send salutations
Sure as the stars shine above
But this is Christmas
Yes, Christmas my dear
The time of year
To be with the ones you love

[Post-Chorus]
So won't ya tell me
You'll never more roam
Christmas and New Years
We'll find your home
There'll be no sorrow
No grief and pain
And I'll be happy, happy once again

I'll be happy, Christmas, once again

Christina Perri

Christina Perri is an American singer and songwriter from Pennsylvania. Her debut single “Jar of Hearts” was featured on the Fox television show So You Think You Can Dance in 2010. The single went on to sell over 3 million copies in the United States and was a hit around the world, skyrocketing Perri’s career. In the UK, it reached number three on the charts and spent over three months in the UK Top 40. A few months later, Perri released her first extended play, The Ocean Way Sessions.

After “Jar of Hearts” began to gather a large amount of attention, Perri signed a record deal with Atlantic Records. Her debut album, Lovestrong, was released on May 10, 2011. In 2012, she wrote and recorded “A Thousand Years” for the film The Twilight Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) and it appears on the accompanying soundtrack. The song went on to sell over 4 million copies in the United States, being certified 4× platinum. Her second EP, A Very Merry Perri Christmas, was released in October 2012. Her second studio album, Head or Heart, was released on April 1, 2014.