Carpenters -- THE FIRST SNOWFALL / LET IT SNOW (1978)

The Carpenters frolic in the snow at Squaw Valley, California, and at the Quebec Winter Carnival in Canada, during an upbeat medley of "The First Snowfall" & "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow."

This mix from the CD "Christmas With The Carpenters" (1992). Also available on "Christmas Collection" (1996). First released in 1978 on the "Christmas Portrait" vinyl record album.

This medley is a remake of a very similar track from the 1956 holiday album, "Spike Jones Presents a Christmas Spectacular." Richard Carpenter has cited Spike Jones as a musical influence, and he & Karen grew up listening to Spike's music in the Carpenter home.

Arranged by Peter Knight.
"The First Snowfall" written by Joseph F. Burke & Paul Francis Webster.
"Let It Snow" written by Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne.

The Carpenters never produced an official video for this medley, so I have assembled this unauthorized version from these video sources:

"Ticket to Ride" video (1969),
and the TV specials:
"The Dorothy Hamill Winter Carnival Special" (1977),
"The Carpenters at Christmas" (1977), and
"The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait" (1978).

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[earcandy2008]

...love this effort! Well done.

[OceanKingNY]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

[judyesther]

Great music and video.5*

[OceanKingNY]

Thanks for the rating! It's nice to see the views for this picking up as we enter the holiday season.

[catmama54]

Thank you. I love it.She had a beautiful voice and the pictures are awesome

[OceanKingNY]

You're welcome.  Karen really was an amazing talent, wasn't she? She had not only a beautiful pop music voice, but one of the great Christmas voices of all time.

[Carycomic]

I remember this being played on "Capt. Kangaroo," every winter, when I was kid. 

Thanks for sharing this, here.

[Boom4Carel4Eva]

They never died from my heart <3

[Steve44959]

I loved the carpenters but none of these videos match the music .Karen sings but her mouth does not move in time with the song being sung. Other then that loved the music the Carpenters were awesome Karen had a beautiful voice.

[alucard624]

This is still my all time favorite Christmas song. Don't know why, just is. Thanks for posting this. Makes me think of happier memories I have of Christmas.

[alucard624]

I had that CD too and wasn't too happy with it. I found a two CD set that has both a christmas portrait and an old fashioned christmas as two whole albums, which I was much happier with.

[wizzwamf]

love this , its soo christmassy , i have a cd of the two albums merged together of a christmas potrait,and an old fashioned christmas , but they lost the whole idea when they were not seperate,never the less i love this medley