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加拿大法裔天后［席琳狄翁］──流行抒情／聖誕曲──［Dont Save It All for Christmas Day／別為聖誕節保留所有］

Dont get so busy that you miss

Giving just a little kiss

To the ones you love

Dont even wait a little while

To give them just a little smile

A little is enough

How many people are crying

People are dying

How many people are asking for love

So dont save it all for Christmas Day

Find a way

To give a little love everyday

Dont save it all for Christmas Day

Find your way

Cause holidays have come and gone

But love lives on

If you give on love

How could you wait another minute

A hug is warmer when youre in it

And, baby, thats a fact

And saying "I love you" is always better

Seasons, reasons, they dont matter

So dont hold back

How many people in this world

So needful in this world

How many people are praying for love

So dont save it all for Christmas Day

Find a way

To give a little love everyday

Dont save it all for Christmas Day

Find your way

Cause holidays have come and gone

But love lives on

If you give on love

Let all the children know

Everywhere that they go

Their whole life long

Let them know love

Dont save it all for Christmas Day

Find a way

To give a little love everyday

Dont save it all for Christmas Day

Find your way

Dont save it all for Christmas Day

Find your way

Cause holidays have come and gone

But love lives on

If you give on love

Love

１９９８年１０月底　３０歲半的加拿大法裔天后席琳狄翁（Celine Dion）發行第六張英語大碟［These Are Special Times／藏愛時光］（550 Music/Columbia/Epic Records）

主要由大衛佛斯特（David Foster）與Rick Wake主要製作

Bryan Adams ,Humberto Gatica ,R. Kelly ,Tony Renis, Carole Bayer Sager則客串一曲製作

收錄十六首歌曲──包括多首傳統聖誕經典翻唱, 及七首原創歌曲

樂評大致正面

［These Are Special Times］登上加拿大榜冠軍　賣出１００萬張以上, 拿到鑽石唱片

加拿大下的法語區副榜──魁北克榜冠軍

美國榜亞軍, 至今賣出近６００萬張（５白金）

歐洲榜＃３　白金（１００萬張＋）　德國＃３　金唱片（３０萬張＋）

英國榜＃２０　白金（３０萬張＋）　日本＃４　２白金（５０萬張＋）

全球銷售１０００多萬張,

大碟推出數首單曲與宣傳主打

２０００年１２月４日, ［Dont Save It All for Christmas Day］發行為宣傳單曲

這是專輯的原創歌曲之一

由Peter Zizzo＋Ric Wake＋席琳合寫──這是狄翁首次參與詞曲原創作。

席琳先在腦中形成Pre-chorus （前副歌）的詞曲旋律長達兩年, 可是害怕大眾反應。

她的丈夫／經紀人René Angélil聽過後, 認為可做出一首‘好唱片’

１９９４年４月, 在紐約VH1 Divas Live show表演後的宴會, 時代合作的音樂人Rick Wake說服迪翁唱出主歌跟副歌, 再請Peter Zizzo潤飾此曲

根據席琳的歌詞, Peter Zizzo想出［Dont Save It All for Christmas Day］的歌名

Ric Wake製作成一首流行抒情風格的聖誕曲

筆者乍聽下連想起１９９４年單曲［Only One Road］──果然, 兩曲作者＆製作階相似

［Dont Save It All for Christmas Day／別為聖誕節保留所有］在２０１２年首度打入南韓Gaon國際單曲榜＃９４

２０１４年登上Billboard季節性副榜──節慶歌曲榜（Holiday 100）＃８１

此曲後來被名藝人翻唱。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdRncshZ4Vw

 (Disney Christmas 2009)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2j_x20P2LI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t2jOlyxrVQ

Celine Dion recording Dont Save It All For Christmas Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lYUveuyd5g

live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PtZCEb9Rkg