This Christmas Lyrics
Oh, miss you most of all
This Christmas
Daddy! Count it off
One, two, three, four
[Verse 1: Donny Hathaway, Both]
Hang all the mistletoe
I'm gonna get to know you better
This Christmas
And as we trim the tree
How much fun it's gonna be together
This Christmas
[Chorus: Donny Hathaway, Lalah Hathaway, Both]
The fireside is blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me, me
Hey, yeah
Mmm
[Verse 1: Lalah Hathaway, Donny Hathaway, Both]
Presents and cards are here
My world is filled with cheer and you
This Christmas
And as I look around (Hey, hey)
Your eyes outshine the town, they do
This Christmas
The fireside is blazing bright, yeah (Fireside is blazing bright)
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
Very special Christmas for me
[Post-Chorus: Both]
Shake a hand, shake a hand now
[Bridge: Donny Hathaway]
This Christmas
[Chorus: Donny Hathaway, Lalah Hathaway, Both]
Ooh, fireside is blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas (Christmas) for me
[Outro: Donny Hathaway and Lalah Hathaway]
Merry Christmas
Shake a hand, shake a hand now
Wish your brother merry Christmas
All over the land, yeah
Mmm
Yeah
Oh
Yeah
Mmhmm
Merry Christmas
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It’s the same song that you know and love, but it’s different. My ear can hear that it’s Daddy working it out to get to where it actually ended up. It’s piano. The rhythm is a little different. The way he’s approaching the melody is a little different. It’s a little slower. There was space for me and I could hear it immediately.
At the beginning, I felt entirely out of pocket because it’s such a beloved song. … It was a hard one, spiritually, to meet because for me, it wasn’t a conversation that we were ever able to have. … But, literally five minutes into the session I was good. I knew it was real, what I heard in my mind and so it worked out.
— Lalah Hathaway, VIBE, 2022
