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(Redirected from Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season) This article is about the song by Irving Berlin. For other uses, see Happy Holidays (disambiguation). Song by Bing Crosby with the Music Maid and Hal and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

"Happy Holiday"
Song by Bing Crosby with the Music Maid and Hal and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
Written	1942
Genre	Christmas music
Length	2:28
Songwriter(s)	Irving Berlin

"Happy Holiday" (sometimes performed as "Happy Holidays") is a popular song composed by Irving Berlin in 1942 and published the following year.

History

"Happy Holiday" was introduced by Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds (dubbed by Martha Mears) in the 1942 film Holiday Inn in a scene when the Inn opens for the first time. While it is commonly regarded as a Christmas song, in the film it is performed on New Year's Eve, and expresses a wish for the listener to enjoy "happy holidays" throughout the entire year. It contains certain melodic material first used in Berlin's earlier song "Easter Parade".

Jo Stafford was the first to release it on a Christmas album, on her album of the same name in 1955.

The Kay Thompson song "The Holiday Season" is sometimes paired with "Happy Holiday" as a medley. This was first popularized by Andy Williams (whom Thompson herself discovered and mentored). Other artists who have covered the "Happy Holiday"/"Holiday Season" medley include The Manhattan Transfer, She & Him, and Michael W. Smith.

Renditions

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Bing Crosby recorded the song on June 1, 1942, for Decca Records with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, plus The Music Maids and Hal. Crosby also used the song as the introduction to his long-running A Christmas Sing with Bing radio shows.
Jo Stafford on her album of the same name in 1955.
Jackie Gleason, on his 1956 album Merry Christmas
Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, on their 1964 album That Holiday Feeling!
Andy Williams (in a medley with "The Holiday Season"), on his 1963 album The Andy Williams Christmas Album
Peggy Lee, on her 1965 album Happy Holiday
Percy Faith, on his 1966 album Christmas Is...
Living Strings and Living Voices, on their 1968 album White Christmas
Nelson Riddle, on the 1970 album Avon Christmas 1970
The Carpenters (as part of a medley), on their 1984 album An Old-Fashioned Christmas
Johnny Mathis (in a medley with "Caroling, Caroling"), on his 1986 album Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis
Sarah Vaughan (in a medley with "White Christmas"), on the 1989 album Hallmark Presents Carols of Christmas
The Manhattan Transfer (in a medley with "The Holiday Season"), on their 1992 album The Christmas Album
Perry Como (in a medley with "We Need a Little Christmas"), on his 1994 album Perry Como's Christmas Concert
Acoustix, on their 1999 album Cool Yule
Barry Manilow (in a medley with "White Christmas"), on his 2002 album A Christmas Gift of Love
Dionne Warwick, on her 2004 album My Favorite Time of the Year
Michael W. Smith (in a medley with "The Holiday Season"), on his 2014 album The Spirit of Christmas
She & Him (in a medley with "The Holiday Season"), on their 2016 album Christmas Party
Seth MacFarlane and Elizabeth Gillies, on their 2023 album We Wish You the Merriest.
jschlatt, on his debut 2024 Album A Very 1999 Christmas.

Charts

Andy Williams "Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season" version

Chart (2019–2024)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)	42
US Billboard Hot 100	18

References

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Irving Berlin

Musicals

Theatre	Annie Get Your Gun As Thousands Cheer Call Me Madam The Canary The Century Girl The Cocoanuts The Cohan Revue of 1918 Face the Music Holiday Inn Louisiana Purchase Miss Liberty Mr. President Music Box Revue Stop! Look! Listen! This Is The Army Top Hat Watch Your Step White Christmas Wise Guy Yip Yip Yaphank Ziegfeld Follies
Film	Alexander's Ragtime Band Annie Get Your Gun Blue Skies Call Me Madam Carefree The Cocoanuts Easter Parade Follow the Fleet Hallelujah Holiday Inn On the Avenue Second Fiddle There's No Business Like Show Business This Is the Army Top Hat White Christmas

Songs

1910s	"Alexander's Ragtime Band" "At the Devil's Ball" "Daddy, Come Home" "Follow the Crowd" "For Your Country and My Country" "God Bless America" "Goodbye, France" "I Want to Go Back to Michigan" "I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind" "I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now" "Let's All Be Americans Now" "Mandy" "The Near Future" "Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" "Play a Simple Melody" "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" "San Francisco Bound" "Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone" "Stay Down Here Where You Belong" "That International Rag" "That Mysterious Rag" "They Were All Out of Step But Jim" "When I Lost You" "You'd Be Surprised"
1920s	"All Alone" "All by Myself" "Always" "Blue Skies" "How About Me?" "I Love a Piano" "Lazy" "Puttin' On the Ritz" "Remember" "Say It with Music" "The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)" "What'll I Do" "With You"
1930s	"Change Partners" "Cheek to Cheek" "Easter Parade" "Get Thee Behind Me Satan" "Heat Wave" "How Deep Is the Ocean?" "How's Chances?" "I Never Had a Chance" "I Used to Be Color Blind" "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" "It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow" "Let Yourself Go" "Let's Face the Music and Dance" "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee" "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" "Now It Can Be Told" "Reaching for the Moon" "Say It Isn't So" "Slumming on Park Avenue" "Supper Time" "This Year's Kisses" "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" "You're Laughing at Me"
1940s	"All of My Life" "Any Bonds Today?" "Anything You Can Do" "A Couple of Swells" "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" "The Girl That I Marry" "Happy Holiday" "Heaven Watch the Philippines" "I Got Lost in His Arms" "I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night)" "I'm an Indian Too" "Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk" "Moonshine Lullaby" "My Defenses Are Down" "Steppin' Out with My Baby" "There's No Business Like Show Business" "They Say It's Wonderful" "White Christmas" "Who Do You Love, I Hope?" "You Can Have Him" "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song"
1950s	"The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)" "Count Your Blessings" "It's a Lovely Day Today" "Sisters" "You're Just in Love"

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Mary Ellin Barrett (daughter)

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