Johnny Marks was quite the song writer; specializing in Christmas songs. Years after writing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, he would write this song which was then recorded by a very mature sounding 13 year old Brenda Lee. The song was originally released in 1958 but did not receive much attention until two years later when Brenda Lee's career began to take off.
The song charted as high as number three in 1965, over seven years after it was released. A perennial holiday favorite, Lee's version is the only version worthy of note and is currently ranked at number four on the list of all time selling Christmas song in the world.
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