All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) by Nat 'King' Cole

You can find the lyrics to and more information about this recording on my favorite lyrics website at: http://www.mp3lyrics.org/n/nat-king-cole/christmasteeth/

"All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" is a novelty Christmas song written in 1944 by Donald Yetter Gardner (August 20, 1913-September 15, 2004). While teaching music at public schools in Smithtown, New York, Gardner asked his second grade class what they wanted for Christmas, and noticed that almost all of the students had at least one front tooth missing as they gave their answers with a lisp. Inspired, he wrote the song in about a half hour. The song was published in 1948 after an employee of Witmark music company heard Gardner sing it at a music teachers conference. Gardner said, "I was amazed at the way that silly little song was picked up by the whole country."

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• christmas
• traditional pop