聖誕佳節愉快

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加拿大歌壇巨星［麥可布雷］──傳統流行／輕爵士／聖誕抒情曲──［The Christmas Song／聖誕之歌］

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos

Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe
Will help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight

They know that Santas on his way
Hes loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mothers child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly

And so Im offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although its been said many times, many ways
"Merry Christmas to you"

And every mothers child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly

And so Im offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although its been said, many times, many ways
"Merry Christmas"
"Merry Christmas"
"Merry Christmas to you"

２０１１年秋天，３６歲的加拿大／義大利籍的歌壇巨星麥可布雷（Michael Bublé）發行第七張專輯／第五張唱片公司錄音室大碟［Christmas／聖誕節］（143／Reprise發行）．

由大衛佛斯特（David Foster），Courtney Blooding， Bob Rock，Humberto Gatica製作．

翻唱眾多聖誕名曲，樂評普遍正面． 

［Christmas］全球大賣, 登上加拿大, 英國, 美國, 德國, 澳大利亞…眾多國家冠軍

美國超過６００萬張，英國１１白金（３３０萬張＋），加拿大鑽石唱片（１５０萬張＋），

澳洲２鑽石（１００萬張＋），德國９金唱片（９０萬張＋）歐洲超過５００萬張

全球至今賣出１８００萬張（2023年末統計），且每年聖誕佳節, 銷售仍持續累積中．

２０１２年，唱片公司推出［Christmas／聖誕節］豪華特別版，收錄四首附加曲目，

其中之一是［The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)／聖誕之歌(核桃在壁爐火燄中烘烤)］．

這是１９４５年由美國音樂人Bob Wells ＆Mel Tormé創作的聖誕歌曲經典

被許多歌手翻唱過

最著名的是美國黑人歌手／鋼琴家納京高（Nat king Cole, 1919-1965）於１９６１年灌錄的（個人）第四版 .

布雷版由大衛佛斯特製作成一首傳統流行／輕爵士風格的聖誕抒情曲．

編曲精緻，在優美的弦樂與鋼琴聲中，麥可的沙啞低音以輕吟的唱腔演繹，溫柔迷人，營造出聖誕的溫馨氛圍。

［The Christmas Song］登上美國Billboard季節性副榜──節慶百名榜（Holiday 100）＃９０(2015)，＃８８（2016)，＃９０（2017)．

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L70jsue-wEg

Michael Bublé  w/ Leon Bridges (Christmas in the City)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC7HDz1eG0s