We Wish You a Merry Christmas

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We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Song Overview
Lyrics by	West Country (original version)
Released	25 December 1984 (Thomas' Christmas Party) 25 December 2014 (Music Video; YouTube)

We Wish You a Merry Christmas is a traditional Christmas song originating in West End England.

In Thomas & Friends, the song was first heard in the first series episode, Thomas' Christmas Party, and again in the nineteenth series episode, A Cranky Christmas, with a twist by Salty and Cranky. Instrumental versions can be heard in the episodes Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree and Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure. A music video was also released on the TV series' official YouTube channel, with extended lyrics and different singers on 25 December 2014.

Lyrics

• S1 version
• CGI version
• S19 versions

Series 1 version

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year

CGI version

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year

Good tidings we bring

To you and your kin

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year

Good tidings we bring

To you and your kin

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year

Now, bring us a figgy pudding

Now, bring us a figgy pudding

Now, bring us a figgy pudding

And a cup of good cheer

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year

And a Happy New Year

Series 19 versions

First version

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Salty New Year!

Second version

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Cranky New Year!

Characters

• S1 version
• CGI version
• S19 version

Series 1 version

• Thomas
• Edward
• Henry
• Gordon
• James
• Percy
• Toby
• Annie and Clarabel
• Henrietta
• Bertie
• Sir Topham Hatt
• Mrs. Kyndley

CGI version

• Thomas
• Henry
• Percy
• Emily
• Duncan
• Annie and Clarabel
• Reg
• Sir Topham Hatt
• Farmer McColl
• Mr. Bubbles
• The Teacher
• The Welsh Bird Watcher
• The Blond-haired Boy
• The Ginger-haired Boy

Series 19 version

• Thomas
• Porter
• Salty
• Cranky

Footage Used

• CGI version

CGI version

• Thomas and the Snowman Party
• Merry Misty Island
• Ho Ho Snowman
• No Snow for Thomas
• The Missing Christmas Decorations
• Duncan the Humbug
• The Perfect Gift
• A Cranky Christmas

Trivia

• Besides Ringo Starr's vocals, two other voices can be heard. Presumably, they are the back vocals of Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell.
• On the Santa's Little Engine DVD, an instrumental version of the song was used in the main menu.
• Out of all the Christmas songs, this song has been heard and featured the most in the TV series.
• The CGI version of the song is sang by an American group of children rather than an English group, which is very rare for Thomas & Friends songs.

Goofs

• The audio clip of the engines singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" in the episode Thomas' Christmas Party was placed on the M&E track instead of the dialogue track, as can be heard on some prints of the original "Volume 2" Guild Home Video release. As a result, in the George Carlin dub and all other non-British dubs (excluding the Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese dubs), Ringo Starr can still be heard when the engines are singing.

Song

Thomas' Christmas Party - UK

The song in Ringo Starr's narration of Thomas' Christmas Party (skip to 4:05)

Thomas' Christmas Party - US (George Carlin)

The song in George Carlin's narration of Thomas' Christmas Party (skip to 4:47)

We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Music Video

CGI music video