Christmas Time Is Here
| "Christmas Time Is Here" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Vince Guaraldi | ||||
| from the album A Charlie Brown Christmas | ||||
| B-side | "What Child Is This?" | |||
| Released | December 1965 | |||
| Recorded | September–October 1965 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Christmas | |||
| Length | 6:05 (instrumental version) 2:43 (vocal version) | |||
| Label | Fantasy | |||
| Composer | Vince Guaraldi | |||
| Lyricist | Lee Mendelson | |||
| Vince Guaraldi singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Music video | ||||
| Christmas Time Is Here on YouTube | ||||
"Christmas Time Is Here" is a popular Christmas standard written by Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson for the 1965 CBS television special A Charlie Brown Christmas, one of the first animated Christmas specials produced for network television in the United States.
Two versions were included on the album A Charlie Brown Christmas: an instrumental version by the Vince Guaraldi Trio and a vocal version by choristers from St. Paul's Episcopal Church in San Rafael, California, who had previously performed with Guaraldi on At Grace Cathedral (1965).