Released: November 9, 1963

Songwriter: Mike Love Brian Wilson

Producer: Brian Wilson

(Ooooooooh, merry Christmas Saint Nick)
(Christmas comes this time each year)
(Oooooooo-ooooooooh)

Well, way up north where the air gets cold
There's a tale about Christmas that you've all been told
And a real famous cat all dressed up in red
And he spends the whole year workin' out on his sled

It's the little Saint Nick
(Oooooh, little Saint Nick)
It's the little Saint Nick
(Oooooh, little Saint Nick)

Just a little bobsled, we call it old Saint Nick
But she'll walk a toboggan with a four speed stick
She's candy-apple red with a ski for a wheel
And when Santa hits the gas, man, just watch her peel

It's the little Saint Nick
(Oooooh, little Saint Nick)
It's the little Saint Nick
(Oooooh, little Saint Nick)

Run, run, reindeer
Run, run, reindeer
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Run, run, reindeer
Run, run, reindeer
He don't miss no one

And haulin' through the snow at a frightenin' speed
With a half a dozen deer with Rudy to lead
He's gotta wear his goggles 'cause the snow really flies
And he's cruisin' every pad with a little surprise

It's the little Saint Nick
(Oooooh, little Saint Nick)
It's the little Saint Nick
(Oooooh, little Saint Nick)

(Aaa-aaa-aaah)
(Ooooooooh, merry Christmas Saint Nick)
(Christmas comes this time each year)
(Aaa-aaa-aaah)
(Ooooooooh, merry Christmas Saint Nick)
(Christmas comes this time each year)
(Aaa-aaa-aaah)
(Ooooooooh, merry Christmas Saint Nick)
(Christmas comes this time each year)
(Aaa-aaa-aaah)
(Ooooooooh, merry Christmas Saint Nick)
(Christmas comes this time each year)

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time and the first American pop band to reach the 50-year milestone. Their vocal harmonies are among the most unmistakable and enduring of the rock and roll era.

Formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California, by Brian Wilson, his two brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and classmate Al Jardine, the group’s first single “Surfin'” got them signed to Capitol Records and they quickly became one of the most popular and successful artists of the surf music craze of the 1960s. From 1962 to 1966, The Beach Boys scored over twenty top 40 hits in the US including the chart-toppers “I Get Around”, “Help Me Rhonda” & “Good Vibrations” along with the top 5’s “Surfin USA”, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, “California Girls”, “Barbara Ann” & “Sloop John B”. Several of the band’s singles also found top 40 success in Canada, Australia, Sweden and the UK. In 1965, de facto leader Brian Wilson suffered a mental breakdown due to the stress of writing, producing & touring combined with substance abuse issues, causing him to step down and stop traveling with the band on tour.

Inspired by producer Phil Spector and The Beatles' Rubber Soul, Brian focused on studio work, determined to keep the group relevant as the surf music scene was fading with their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Despite tension between members in the studio about this new direction, lack of faith from the record label, mixed reviews, and comparatively lukewarm reception initially in the US, the album still found massive success in the UK and earned accolades from fellow artists including The Beatles, who acknowledged that the album was their inspiration to further push the boundaries of pop music with their landmark album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Eventually Pet Sounds would be acknowledged as one of the greatest albums ever recorded by several media outlets like The Times, Mojo Magazine, The Guardian, VH1, BBC and Rolling Stone.