Christmas Time Is Here - A Charlie Brown Christmas (Vince Guaraldi) - MP3 instrumental karaoke

“Christmas Time Is Here” is a Christmas standard that originated from an unlikely source. Though the melody is now synonymous with the holiday celebration, the song was written specifically for the 1965 television special A Charlie Brown Christmas. It is a testament to the compositional prowess of Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson that they were able to come up with a melody that packs so much power while remaining so simple and childlike. Included as part of the album A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), “Christmas Time Is Here” comes in two different versions: an instrumental recording by the Vince Guaraldi Trio and a second version including vocals by members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church from San Rafael, California. A melancholy melody in waltz time, “Christmas Time Is Here” has been praised as one of the most immediately recognizable pieces in jazz history. The song peaked at Number 41 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart, as well as Number 17 on the US Holiday 100 Chart.