Original Introduction
Irving Berlin's opening bars are often dropped in recordings, but are included on A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records, sung by Darlene Love, on Barbra Streisand's A Christmas Album, on The Carpenters Christmas Portrait, on Bette Midler's Cool Yule, on Libera's Christmas Album, and on Crash Test Dummies' Jingle All the Way.
The sun is shining, the grass is green,The orange and palm trees sway.
There's never been such a day
in Beverly Hills, L.A.
But it's December the twenty-fourth,—
This opening verse was also included on country singer Collin Raye's version of the song, as featured on his 2004 album, Christmas: The Gift. British band Keane's version of the song also included this introduction, but with changed lyrics to give the song a melancholic feeling:
The sun's been hiding, the streets are gray,The rain has been falling down.
Seems everyone wears a frown
for Christmas in London town
It reminds me each time I roamed.
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