Vince Guaraldi Trio - "Christmastime Is Here (Instrumental) ("A Charlie Brown Christmas")"

[R2akaThuNDaChiCkeN]

Arrested Development!!!!! ahaha

[IAmRoLoRo]

My favourite....

[stickfigvslego]

ok, Christmas went by way too fast this time for me to slow down for it....

[Rhyden14]

When I hear this song now, I can only think of the Bluth family, downtrodden and depleted, while walking off into the distance.

[heimburgchr22]

best Christmas album of all time.

[PinkFloydrulez]

this song is about my life

[cellofingers]

Also if you had any kind of childhood at all this music will take you right to it. If you didn't have a happy childhood then right now this music will as you listen will create it for you.

[cellofingers]

What beauty! and What class! Don't you love the jazz flavor? Truly a Christmas gift to all.

[bluestormride]

amazing talent

[carlopez3]

Merry Christmas to all

[ZturdfaceZ]

ah. christmas again. looking forward to posting the same comment same time next year

[mk181818]

There is no music like this anymore. The era of electric guitars has substituted the real music and real artists.

[chicagosportsmike]

Best X-mas soundtrack ever!

[jason1photo]

smooth

[fantacist]

My 2nd favorite Christmas song next to the Christmas Song.

[jtanton10]

Man I love this song but Arrested Development got me into thinking it's a song for when you're depressed.

[PinkFloydrulez]

@jtanton10 it's definitely got melancholy written all over it despite that

[officialxaviermusic]

I love Vince Guaraldi!!

[ohjohnushouldnthave]

who is the bassist!??

[TheReturnOfStephan1]

@ohjohnushouldnthave

Personnel: Vince Guaraldi (piano); Fred Marshall, Monty Budwig (bass instrument); Colin Bailey, Jerry Granelli (drums, drum).

[ohjohnushouldnthave]

@TheReturnOfStephan1 thanks! :)

[TheGalaAuctioneer]

Monty Budwig on Bass, Colin Bailey Drums : )

[1998disco72]

Thanks Stephen for some long lost memories!! Great post! Merry Christmas to you and your family..

[Perktube1]

Listening to this and Nat King Cole's Christmas song, with a hot chocolate...Well!

[princessofmyway]

When I have a baby I will play this for it every night

[kidpresentable]

I listened to this after I had gotten broken up with by my first girlfriend :(

[tommyrock333]

I think its so awesome that as a kid I was listening to jazz AND digging it, w/o even knowing!

[reyrey13]

Yes 

[elvaelvirababe]

I'm playing this during my husband's family get together party next week. It's so warming.

[lrenae60]

as much as i love this song, for some reason i always cry hearing it. very beautiful!

[jamecpa10]

bellisima cansion, my favorite part at the end 5:27, its just beautiful

[MontrealCharlie]

Arrested Development brought me here.

[bklynbartender53]

@MontrealCharlie Saw that episode too....too funny...

[brandenburg05]

@TheReturnOfStephan1 Yes, Cool Jazz and timeless. I'd argue that I hear Chopin and Beethoven in there, too. I've loved this stuff since about age 5. Thanks for sharing.

[Eltamir]

My parents bought the record shortly after it first came out in the mid 60's. Guaraldi's music is perfect for one the best Christmas cartoons of all time!

[RLhockey203]

been workin like a dog, just realized were midway thru december, had to play this for the christmas spirit hah

[destructivedandy]

1st play in December, yes Xmastime is HERE!

[blica1]

Vince Guaraldi was a genius !..how can someone born and raised in California capture the essence and ambient feel of winter in this song ?..brilliant !

[Trund27]

@TheReturnOfStephan1 Awesome. It is smooooooooooth

[albclef]

@TheReturnOfStephan Jazz is Jazz GOOD American music. Thanks for the link

[JETPUFFDNINJA]

Why must i be jewish?

[Trund27]

@JETPUFFDNINJA But can you not enjoy the tunes and the snacks and the tinsel? I am atheist but love Christmas very much

[bzw88]

Best Christmas song ever made. End of story.

[decade241]

@bzw88 i agree!!

[02Cant]

christmastime isn't here for 8 people

[jelatinMAN]

Popcorn, jelly beans, what's this?

Oops, wrong special!

[SonicGardenPlaysDead]

Best Christmas music ever written. Period. God Bless.....

[15wardj]

Hey, where the f*** are my hard boiled eggs?!

[3Dxxxx]

I cant not get this song outta my head this season!!! and ya know what its all good~ this tune is filled with class!! I wish I could play this on piano exactly this way!! wow!! i love jazz!! 8-)

Introspective and really helps you realize what is truly important~ kick back relax and get happy~ Happy Holidays!!!!!! we are all so fortunate to have music this classy..

[beauteandamour]

I love this album at Christmastime,it's one of my favorites. This year,however,I just moved and all my holiday CDs are still in storage so I searched on here to see if anyone had uploaded any of my favs. Thanks so much for sharing some of the songs from that album and for brightening up my evening! Happy Holidays to you!

[musikenergy]

@beauteandamour Mine too! Luckily I downloaded the whole CD to my I-Tunes library. I misplaced the original. You can listen to it from start to finish. Something rare in our day and time. LOL!

[Trund27]

@beauteandamour I hope you settle in well and enjoy your new place. Merry Christmas

[beauteandamour]

@Trund27 Thanks for your kind wishes and Happy Christmas to you too!

[ATamandua]

Cignasty, I love Christmastime (and the new year right after it). That said, this song brings tears to my eyes...it's so beautiful.

[cignasty91]

the last remaining song that can actually make me feel something for this consumerist nightmare of a holiday... piano perfection.... reminds me of being with my family and of being happy... and I guess that's what christmas is....

[th3mant0th3g0d]

Nostalgia just shot me in the head with a sniper rifle. <3

[basspole]

@th3mant0th3g0d  well put!

[FluffMaster101]

It's on now! I love Charlie Brown and Christmas.

[ExodusPessoa]

What a beautiful sound Happy Holidays everyone. I wish mine was happier.

[SweepTheLegYo]

Simply the best.

[thedeeliciousplum]

I remember being surprised to find a collection of Vince Guaraldi's instrumental compositions on the counter of a Starbucks on Davie St. in Vancouver. Of course, I picked it up. I do ❤ listening to these pieces. Much of this music flowed throughout this wondrous l'il life of mine. Upon each and every listening of Mr. Guaraldi's music, past friends and of many of life's events come bubbling up from the dusty corners of many ol' memories.

[drdavey777]

I love this tune. Vince Guaraldi Trio made some excellent music.

[Rainb0wWarri0r]

I just wish you'd allow embedding so I could play this song on repeat. It's so soothing. =(

[TheReturnOfStephan1]

@Rainb0wWarri0r Disembedding tends to keep the "copyright hounds" at bay.

[Trund27]

@TheReturnOfStephan1 Good call.

[IndieRocker888]

@Rainb0wWarri0r make a playlist and add this song like 10 times.

[Longshotsblues]

@Rainb0wWarri0r I second that, I would of loved to have put this on my blog in autoplay.

[Whimsyfilm]

Wonderful classic video! Thumbs Up!

[TheCorvetteFlame]

Stephan your video made me feel much better after i got into a fight. I'm really in love with Charlie Brown Specials and this song made me feel much better! Thank you a bunch Stephan I may not know you but you are awesome!

[1998disco72]

@TheCorvetteFlame  I agree great song!!

[marvielm]

this song takes you back to a simpler time where it was just about the basics and there was peace

[bebb6]

@marvielm well, there was never peace; however, it nice to think we did not notice it when we were kids. nice thought though.

[bloodngoree]

I love this song we are playing it band and it is a blast... since i play the flute we have a lot of solo's witch is awesome considering we usually can never be heard!

[magnusbanerocks]

we are playing this in band and it is so low!  wish i could play the saxophone better!

[Ms01010101010101]

my sis is learning this on the piano.... cooollll

[bebb6]

@Ms01010101010101 WOW!  i wish i could play this. it is sooooooo wonderful :)

[12492jon]

I feel like we are OFFICIALLY in that Christmas time of year again :D

My FAVORITE time of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[officialxaviermusic]

@12492jon I LOVE this song. Recorded my own version, even :)

[broadwayFan28]

Simply Christmas!

[beekay44]

I know a lot of people love the vocal track, but the instrumental is mellow.  I listen to this even when its not Christmas.

[tdavis25]

I just cant go christmas shopping until I have listened to at least half this album. This is definitely the best Christmas music ever made (sorry TSO...your a not to distant, but distinct second).

[leftcoaster67]

I think my love of jazz stems from this soundtrack.

[yazi1954]

i rlly want to thank everyone who has been helping me with my choir issue im sooo greatful for you guys! i really want to thank TheReturnOfStephan, ralph400, thank u guys sooooo much i really appreciat it see we need more people like you in the world!

[TheReturnOfStephan1]

@yazi1954 You're quite welcome.

Happy holidays.:)

[ralphs400]

@yazi1954 cool kid good luck

[yazi1954]

@ralphs400 THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! i really need someone like you to help me

[ReviewswithJake1]

Christmas time is indeed here......but not in texas

[Milewskige]

It's not the Christmas season until I hear Charlie Brown. This is one of the MOST beautiful Christmas songs ever written!

[Iceechibi]

I wish I was a kid when this actually came out. It was made when my parents were in elementary school. But, that doesn't mean I still can't appreciate Vince right?

He was truly amazing. I love this song so much. :D

[Mulsanne917flatout]

@Iceechibi Of COURSE not! Heck...if it had to be part of your era only then I couldn't appreciate all the masters my OWN parents exposed me too: Alpert, Mendes, Kaempfert, Faith...and I wouldn't have built on any of that to find my own way either. That's what it's about, IMO: Passing it on.

In fact, that's also why I'm blabberin' right here and right now. :D

Your parents infused you with good taste in music (and mine did too). So we are both fortunate!

[MrIce38]

When i listen to this song on my Ipod nano sitting next to a warm fire on christmas eve with a hot chocolate.

Its the real reason to love Christmas. :)

[jmsnclr]

sadness filled with sweet memories

[daorigkol]

I still get goose bumps and teary eyed when i hear this song. Not matter winter, spring, summer. Truly a master piece of the decades.

[80spopQueen]

song kicked ass

[nickantonmusic]

I came to this video about 2 weeks ago and wrote out this long comment about growing up and missing my childhood because of this song. Now I see that just about everyone feels the same way. Vince should be so proud :)

[atlantasurfer2]

Christmas just wouldn't be the same without Vinces timeless collection of the Charlie Brown Christmas Songs. Im 47 years old , this music is magical , I never get tired of it and hate to put it away after the season is over . But its time to bring it out and enjoy.. Thanks Vince for this wonderful timeless music.

[CheckMate657879]

@atlantasurfer2 Here! Here! Every one of your words - I heartily concur.

[Clanky159]

@atlantasurfer2 Same!! I'm unpacking it tomorrow to listen to while we put up the tree!!!!

[AntiCyberbully1]

:) Ahhhh! *Sigh* (of happiness, of course). Right now, here in Minnesota, it's snowing significantly for the first time. The flakes are big, wet, and rapid... the ground is warm yet, so it will take awhile for them to pile up! But, hey! With the grace of God, we will have the whitest Christmas ever this year!

I mourn for those who live in a place where snow is not of the essence during Christmas time. 2 inches likely, nothing big, but I HAD to listen to this, puts me in the mood! MERRY XMAS! ;)

[vanshma]

The soundtrack to the christmas movie is 50% reason why it's nostalgic.

[cowboyzsuk81]

man, this is when christmas was REAL. this is when christmas was a holiday, not a billboard. charlie brown complains about how christmas is over commercialized in the 1960's...look at it now.

[shadowlinx23]

have to play this for piano class THANK YOU needed help with my timing :D

[MarkIMcclam]

Nice Classic

[TheCongdonify]

amazing, in every aspect! i love this song

[shadowlinx23]

@TheCongdonify That really sucks snow is one of the best things in life i used to sit in the snow and just look at all the different snow flakes (did you know everyone is different!?!?!?) but it was really magical...

[VentrellaAlex]

Vince Guaraldi is one of the reasons that I'm now a jazz fan. Rock on, man.

[CaptainCarthex]

We watch this movie every year, when I was a kid I hated this music. Now I can't get enough around Christmas.

[Orbot]

Oh yes, it's nearing that time of year again, so here I am with my nostalgic comments on this excellent classic great! This truly takes me back, I'll love this forever!

[ZERO1ANBK]

best song ever and so relaxing :) 

[dannyboyatki]

Just what I needed! Thankx!! God bless!!

[indagdnm]

Every year on the frirst snowfall of the winter I listen to this song! Hence my being here now.

[AakwardAardvark]

@indagdnm it never snows where i live

[yazi1954]

@TeriyakiNinja17 thanks for advice everyone is really happy and im not going to sit next to my friends at choir so they can make fun of me

[yazi1954]

@sineypassholder thx a lot i really appreciate you helping me its just all of my best friends are in choir and they do like me but at my school if you have any kind of talent people put you down and make fun of you. Sadly thats how it works

[TheKruce]

this is the only xmas song that I can do any day of the year...

[HeyMama555]

*Sad Walk*

[TheNerdss1]

<3 best christmas song ever!

[meanness770]

reminds me of my mom...we always watched this together. miss you mom

[skeecher47]

one of the best christmas songs ever period 

[qscwdv321123]

I'm a college student right now, and this one of those songs that just make me think of that last day of class, after you take your last final of the fall term, you're heading home and for no specific reason you're just a little happier than usual, and maybe the vibe of the holiday season has something to do with it but songs like these just make that last walk of the semester home a little extra special.

[JBshotJL]

Wa wa wa wa wa wa wa.

[yazi1954]

@TheReturnofStephan

Well the thing is I have had all my friends for 3 years and i luv them a lot and a lot of people dont like me i have tried being nice soooooo many times but they still wont like me thx sooooooooo much for your advice u rock

[TheReturnOfStephan1]

@yazi1954

You're welcome.:)

[disneypassholder]

@yazi1954 One of two things is going to happen. They are going to bend you to their negative way, or you are going to bend them to your creative, positive way.

You CAN'T afford to have them change you. You said "they still won't like [you]". My friends like me. If they don't like you, they're not your friends. It won't last forever. There have been MANY days, when my guitar was my only friend. It sucks to have to choose, but sometimes you have to choose. Make friends in choir.

[yazi1954]

i love this song and im singing it in choir but all my friends laugh at me because i can actually sing can somebody plzzzzz help?

[TheReturnOfStephan1]

@yazi1954

It may be time for set of new, supportive friends.

You can't really help stupid people. Don't bother.

All we can do is smile serenely, pity them & thank whomever that we're not one of them.:)

[TeriyakiNinja17]

@yazi1954 They're just jealous because they can't be bosses like you. Go be awesome with new people, or tell them to deal.

[ralphs400]

@yazi1954 im jealous wish i could sing and in front of people! try not to worry about a couple knuckleheds in a year or so you'll have new "friends" find some in your choir or a singing group good luck

[swffmopshots]

@yazi1954 please help as in? if you're lookin for advice than theyre not really friends if youre doing your best and all they do is laugh. Find some new friends , friends appreciate and respect what you do heck they would probably sing along with!

[Mulsanne917flatout]

@yazi1954 Keep your chin up. Music once consisted of actual NOTES...and if you can sing you are probably hitting some of those same notes. :D

PS: Resist the temptation to get a tattoo as well, if at all possible. Tattoo free? And able to sing actual MUSIC as well? LOL...that puts you into a rare group these days indeed.

They are called "talented people." And there are evidently far too few of them anymore....

[so we are glad to have you]

[720Relapse]

i feel really bad right now, and this song is helping me deal with it

[72ERod]

I'm waiting for christmas time to roll around just to see this special again. gotta see it every year.

[mrshiggs1]

still brilliant...

[humptunes]

If a life-long deaf man regained his hearing and asked me, "What is music?" This cut of this song would be my response.

[1LHPrincess]

@humptunes His head would explode hearing this! This is one of the most perfect pieces of music.

[rjbtj1215]

OMGosh :D I can't wait till Christmas is here! We listen to this song when we put up the tree and decorate it :) This makes me feel so warm and cozy <33

[SuperSonicBreadman09]

Had one of the worst days of my life today, woke up at midnight, couldn't fall back asleep, when i got school, i was handed 2 F- tests, i spilled water on my crouch, my lab partner said she hated me, and then my I-tunes account broke and i lost all my music. I listened to this while walking home, head down...

[RationalDischarge]

You know a piece of Christmas music is timeless when you can play it in late summer and it doesn't feel the slightest bit out of place.

[kmart43210]

The best Christmas album ever.

Man, I cannot wait for the cold.

[rjbtj1215]

@kmart43210 And sweaters :)

[kiba2447]

down in the dumps and listening to this song

[tralalasteph]

christmas time is here.... in September :)

[TheWho0180]

@GlobalLyricalIll hell yeah dude, my whole fam is musical so this song just reminds me of my fam around xmas time in the studio recording a new xmas song for the presents for the rest of the fam every year. that was a confsuing sentence ik haha

[roxtar55]

reminds me of grade school.... just sitting in class having fun with the rest of the kids. and you just cant wait to go outside and play in the snow. ah, good times. wish life was always that simple.

[PotatoPlop]

@roxtar55 exactly dude. :( I will soon be 16 and I already miss my childhood :( I think about it everyday. The worst thing about it is that I know its never going to come back.... :( Thats what sucks. At least I can hold those memories with me for the rest of my life.......

[roxtar55]

@PotatoPlop yep... and im about to be 19. when i was your age i just met the girl who was the love of my life. now, two months ago we broke up. and she already has a new boyfriend... make decisions wisely these next couple years....

[PinkFloydrulez]

i wish it was freezing cold and snowing and i'd sit at the window snuggled up in a blanket with something hot to drink and watch all my troubles frozen and crystallized as the snow falling away to the ground... while listening to this on repeat of course

[Te4RHyP3]

thank you for uploading this

and thank you to vince guaraldi trio because... whether good times or bad times are being had, this song helps to let me think about everything in a calm perspective.

:)

[madahad9]

I love this album. It sends my mind back to winter days as a boy with friends,

[stockinettestitch]

There should be a repeat button

[kristystlouis]

@GlobalLyricalIll haha that's awesome :)

[Nader172]

I listen to this song while I sit by a bridge and contemplate all the failures I have made in my life, and then I go back home and try to kick a field goal out of angst and fall right on my back.

[equesfuscus]

@Nader172 Then get back up and try again. I know how it feels. But look at it this way: the whole point of that show was to show us that we don't have to be perfect. We need to reach for our common love of the world and a desire for harmony and meaning. Whoever you are, I hope you don't focus on all the failures. I bet you're much better than that. Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!

[jimindrix3]

How could anyone dislike this..?! -.-

Thanks for the upload! :3

[PinkFloydrulez]

i am a child

[juliadennehy]

It's so cool that people think of Christmas, and come here all year long... Merry Christmas! (A little early). =)

[jobicutooo]

for some reason this song reminds me of house. (and christmas of course)

[MrCalculus999]

 this is the greatest it put you at such peace

[Austeenob]

hallicnatating night terrors seizures. awesome song to mellow you out\

[DriftDweller]

Even when listening to this in the summer time, it just feels right. ;)

[kim24may]

omg i cry every time i hear this song, it brings back so many wonderful childhood memories,it so beautiful

[PynkWalkr]

Slow jazz tempo with mesmerizing brushes and deliberate, purposeful walking bassline. Add to that improvisational piano and the Christmas magic is complete.

[Jfizzle228]

Arrested Development brought me here. lol

[cannedkitty]

i dont think there's ever been a christmas song that encapsulates my holiday depression than this one

[Klr707]

anyone know where i can find the sheet music for this exact version of the song? all i can find is the regular non instrumental sheet music...

[TheReturnOfStephan1]

@Klr707

Try Colony Records in NYC.

They have a HUGE collection.

colonymusic. com