Irving Berlin's opening verse is often dropped in many recordings. However, the opening verse is included on Barbra Streisand, Darlene Love and The Carpenters' Christmas studio albums.
The opening verse has the lyrics:
Ouest lausannois (district)
The Ouest lausannois District is a district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The capital of the district is Renens.
Homebase
Homebase is a British home improvement retailer and garden centre in the United Kingdom. Its main offices are in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.
As of December 2016, Homebase has 255 shops in the United Kingdom.
It was founded by the supermarket chain Sainsbury's and Belgian retailer GB-Inno-BM in 1979, as Sainsbury's Homebase.
In December 2000, Sainsbury's sold the Homebase chain.
In November 2002, Homebase was sold again, to GUS plc, where it became part of Argos Retail Group (later renamed as Home Retail Group).
In January 2016 it was announced that Australian retailer Wesfarmers would acquire Homebase. The transfer of ownership to Wesfarmers took place on 27 February 2016.
Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut (district)
The Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District is a district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The seat of the district is the town of Vevey.
Hausen ob Verena
Hausen ob Verena is a municipality in Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Leskovac
Leskovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Лесковац, ) is a city in southern Serbia.
It is the administrative center of the Jablanica District. According to the 2011 census, the city has population of 60,288. The administrative area has a population of 144,206.
Fontanella
Fontanella is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.
Lustenau
Lustenau (Alemannic German: "Luschnou") is a market town in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is found in the district of Dornbirn.
Balgheim
Balgheim is a municipality of the district Tuttlingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Faoug
Faoug is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Calfreisen
Calfreisen is a former municipality of the district Plessur in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.
Chavannes-sur-l'Étang
Chavannes-sur-l'Étang is a commune. It is in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
Toronto, Ohio
Toronto is a city in Ohio in the United States.
Tirano
Tirano is a city in northern Italy. It is in the province of Sondrio. It has 9,130 people.
Elm, Cambridgeshire
Elm is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. The population including Coldham, Collett's Bridge, Friday Bridge and Ring's End was 3,962 at the 2011 Census.
Håkan Carlqvist
Håkan Carlqvist (15 January 1954 – 7 July 2017) was a Swedish professional motocross racer. He was born near Stockholm, Sweden.
Carlqvist won the F.I.M. 250cc Motocross World Championship in 1979 as a member of the Husqvarna factory racing team. In 1980, he switched to Yamaha to contest the 500cc motocross world championship. He finished 3rd in 1981 and 1982. In 1983, he battled against Honda teammates André Malherbe and Graham Noyce to claim the 500cc world championship, on a Yamaha. In 1984, an injury stopped Carlqvist from contesting the title again. He raced for Yamaha until end of 1986.
Carlqvist died in Stockholm on 7 July 2017 of a heart attack at the age of 63.
Pam McConnell
Pam McConnell (1946 – 7 July 2017) was a Canadian politician. She was elected to Toronto City Council in 1994 and most recently served as councillor for Ward 28 from 2000 until her death in 2017. She was born in England.
McConnell died on 7 July 2017 of respiratory failure at a hospital in Toronto at the age of 71.
Carol Lee Scott
Carol Lee Scott (20 December 1942 – 4 July 2017) was an English entertainer. She was best known for her role on British television in the 1980s and 1990s as "Grotbags". Throughout her career, Scott regularly performed on the international cabaret circuit, and prior to her TV work, she was a singer and released two albums.
Scott died of cancer in London on 4 July 2017 at the age of 74.
Heinz Schneiter
Heinz Schneiter (12 April 1935 – 6 July 2017) was a Swiss football player and manager. He was born in Thun.
Schneiter got 44 caps and 3 goals for Switzerland, playing all three games at the 1962 World Cup. He also played in Switzerland's 0–5 loss to West Germany at the 1966 World Cup. He scored against West Germany in the 1962 World Cup.
Schneiter coached FC Thun and BSC Young Boys.
Schneiter died on 6 July 2017 of coronary artery disease, at the age of 82.
Egil Monn-Iversen
Egil Monn-Iversen (14 April 1928 – 7 July 2017) was a Norwegian composer, pianist and businessman. He was born in Oslo. He was one of the most influential modern composers in Norway. He has had many important roles in Norwegian music, movie, opera, television, comedy and theater.
For some time he had so much influence in Norwegian culture that he got the nickname "The Godfather", even though he has always considered himself a down-to-earth musician.
Monn-Iversen owned a movie production company, a record label, and an agency for musical artists. He was the founder of the vocal group The Monn Keys. He was the CEO at the Chat Noir theatre and chairman at The Norwegian Opera and has since the 1960s worked in NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) and Det norske teatret (The Norwegian Theatre). He has written scores to over 100 Norwegian movies and TV series.
Monn-Iversen was married to the Norwegian actor and singer Sølvi Wang until her death in 2011.
Monn-Iversen died on 7 July 2017 at the age of 89.
Crockett County, Texas
Crockett County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 3,719 people lived there. The county seat is Ozona.
Crosby County, Texas
Crosby County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 6,059 people lived there. The county seat is Crosbyton.
David Yewdall
David Lewis Yewdall (October 30, 1950 – July 4, 2017) was an American production sound mixer. He was born in Springfield, Missouri. He worked with Roger Corman on "Battle Beyond the Stars" and as the co-supervising sound editor on "Talvisota". He published a book about the profession in 2007, "Practical art of motion picture sound", which was called a "must-read for all students of film."
In 1996, he became a member of the board of NightPro Technologies Inc (NTI), a sound production company from Provo, Utah. He taught editing and sound at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts until June 2016.
His best known works are "The Thing", "The Fifth Element" and "Escape From New York".
Yewdall died on July 4, 2017 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina from pancreatic cancer, aged 66.
Dawson County, Texas
Dawson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 13,833 people lived there. The county seat is Lamesa.
Culberson County, Texas
Culberson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 2,398 people lived there. The county seat is Van Horn.
Delta County, Texas
Delta County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 5,231 people lived there. The county seat is Cooper.
Dickens County, Texas
Dickens County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 2,444 people lived there. The county seat is Dickens.
Duval County, Texas
Duval County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 13,120 people lived there. The county seat is San Diego.
Ector County, Texas
Ector County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 121,123 people lived there. The county seat is Odessa.
Bikini Bottom
Bikini Bottom is a town from SpongeBob SquarePants.
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