“Deck the Halls”
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At Kris Kringl, a downtown shop where “it’s Christmas all year long,” one can find Christmas villages, Christmas-themed cuckoo clocks, Christmas-themed cookie jars, Christmas-themed table runners, “Deck the Halls” tea kettles and much more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
It includes Carolyn Jones, as Morticia, singing “Deck the Halls” to the accompaniment of shamisen and harpsichord and a closing group sing of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2022
Within a few minutes, the four singers began belting out an intricately harmonized rendition of “Deck the Halls” into the London night.
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2021
She introduced each act live on the Zoom call, announcing numbers ranging from a clarinet rendition of “Deck the Halls” to two boy trumpeters’ version of “We Will Rock You.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2020
Heck, no, I just slap up our Christmas tree in the middle of summer and sing “Deck the Halls” and have a martini on the patio and don’t give it another thought anymore.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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