====== I'll Be Home For Christmas ======

===== Lyrics =====

I'll be home for Christmas\\
You can plan on me\\
Please have snow and mistletoe\\
And presents by the tree

Christmas eve will find me\\
Where the love light gleams\\
I'll be home for Christmas\\
If only in my dreams

**By:** Kim Gannon and Walter Kent
==== Music & Performance ====

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[[https://musescore.com/kevin_shen/i-ll-be-home-for-christmas-satb|Source]]

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===== Background =====

**Origin:** United States\\
**First Published:** 1943
===== More Information =====

The song is sung from the point of view of a soldier stationed overseas during World War II, writing a letter to his family. In the message, he tells the family he will be coming home and to prepare the holiday for him, and requests snow, mistletoe, and presents on the tree. The song ends on a melancholy note, with the soldier saying, "I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams". The flip side of the original recording (Decca 18570B) was "Danny Boy" -Wikipedia

[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Home_for_Christmas|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Home_for_Christmas]]