Lyrics to
The Christmas Waltz

This version of The Christmas Waltz was released by The Carpenters in 1978.

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Frosted window panes
Candles gleaming inside
Painted candy canes on the tree
Santa’s on his way
He’s filled his sleigh with things
Things for you and for me

It’s that time of year
When the world falls in love
Every song you hear seems to say
“Merry Christmas,
May Your New Year dreams Come True”

And this song of mine
In three-quarter time
Wishes you and yours
The same thing too

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About Lyrics and The Christmas Waltz by The Carpenters

When you decide to study the lyrics to The Christmas Waltz, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by The Carpenters. Some of the lyrics to The Christmas Waltz have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Carpenters and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to The Christmas Waltz if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to The Christmas Waltz" means the words set to the music of The Christmas Waltz, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Carpenters. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to The Christmas Waltz and the lyrics to The Christmas Waltz are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Carpenters who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Christmas Waltz, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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