Released: November 23, 1993

Songwriter: Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes Leroy Anderson Mitchell Parish

Producer: Organized Noize

[Intro: Left Eye & Chilli]
Ha ha ha
Come here
Got a package.....
Wait, wait I know what I want for Christmas
What you want?
I want T-Boz to get me ah, some headphone sets
And I want Left Eye to make me a, uh, make me a fly dress!
Well Merry Christmas from TLC!

[Hook (Chilli)]
Let's have a very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year (A happy new year)
Filled with love and joy and happiness
And lots of good cheer
(I want you to have)
A very merry Christmas (Oooh!)
And a happy New Year (A happy new year)
Filled with love and joy and happiness
And lots of good cheer

[Verse 1: T-Boz]
Just hear those sleigh bells jing-a-ling
Ring-ting-ting-a-ling too
It's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
Outside the snow is fallin'
And friends are calling you ooh ooh ooh
It's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you

[Hook (Chilli)]
Let's have a very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year (A happy new year)
Filled with love and joy and happiness
And lots of good cheer
(I want you to have)
A very merry Christmas (Oooh!)
And a happy New Year (A happy new year)
Filled with love and joy and happiness
And lots of good cheer

[Verse 2: Left Eye]
Uh-huh reindeer, presents, happiness (Yeah right, check it out...)
Giddiup, giddiup, giddiup and away we go
In winter wonderland
Off we ride in the snow (ho ho ho)
With the Left everything is grand
Sleigh ride if you like me baby
Don't be scared
Take my hand
T to the Left Eye to C if you can take a glide
Giddiup the guts and step on up
So we can sleigh ride

[T-Boz (Chilli)]
Cheeks so nice and rosey
Comfy cozy are we (Nice and cozy)
We're snuggled up together
Like two birds of a feather would be
So let's take the road before us
Sing a chorus or two, oh
C'mon it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
Aaahh (So let's have a)

[Hook (Chilli)]
Let's have a very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year (And a happy new year)
Filled with love and joy and happiness
And lots of good cheer
(Let's have a merry merry Christmas)
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year (And a happy new year)
Filled with love and joy and happiness
And lots of good cheer

[Verse 3: Left Eye (T-Boz)]
Um jingle bells, Batman smells
Robin laid a... (Yeah right)
Up, up and away
We're flyin in the sleigh
Home alone, Christmas Eve
Make-believe it's time to play
So let's flow on this snow with a sack on my back
Cause Santa's tryin to mack in his (Cadillac)
Ridin' and a ridin'
But when it gets to decidin'
He's a slippin' and a slidin' in his own sleigh ride

[Break: T-Boz (Chilli)]
(Ooooh a ooooh)
A merry little Christmas (A merry little Christmas)
Oh yeah, hey yeah
A merry little Christmas
Oohh oohh (Check it, yo kick this tip)

[Bridge: T-Boz]
Baby don't you know I'm home
Don't wanna spend the night alone
A very merry Christmas
Would ya wanna spend it with me?
It's somethin in the way I care
About the times that we have shared
It's a very merry Christmas
Don't ya wanna spend it with me?

[Hook (Chilli, T-Boz)]
Let's have a very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year (And a happy new year)
Filled with love and joy and happiness (Oh yeah)
And lots of good cheer
(Let's have a)
A very merry Christmas (Oooh!)
And a happy New Year (A merry Christmas)
Filled with love and joy and happiness
And lots of good cheer

Let's have a very merry Christmas (ho ho ho)

TLC

TLC is a trio whose musical repertoire spans over R&B, hip-hop, soul, pop, rock, funk, and new jack swing.

Consisting of Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, rapper-singer Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, and singer Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, TLC found unprecedented success in the 1990s, not only as a musical group, but also for an extensive series of high profiled spats with the law, each other, and with their record label—all of which helped to solidify them as one of the definitive recording acts to emerge during the aforementioned time span.

The group, which is in fact the highest-selling girl group in America with 65 million records sold, is known for tackling important social issues in their music such as AIDS awareness, violence, domestic abuse, anorexia, bulimia, sexism, racism, and homophobia.