Christmas with The Chipmunks facts for kids

Christmas with The Chipmunks is the name for four different Christmas music albums by Alvin and the Chipmunks. These albums were released over many years: in 1962, 1963, 2007, and 2008. They are all about celebrating Christmas with fun songs sung by Alvin, Simon, and Theodore!

Christmas with The Chipmunks (1962)

Quick facts for kids Christmas with The Chipmunks
Studio album by Alvin and the Chipmunks
Released	1962
Genre	Christmas
Length	30:10
Language	English
Label	Liberty
Alvin and the Chipmunks chronology
The Chipmunk Songbook (1962) Christmas with The Chipmunks (1962) Christmas with The Chipmunks Vol. 2 (1963)
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The first album, Christmas with The Chipmunks, came out in 1962. It has 12 songs. The songs from this album and its next one, Christmas with The Chipmunks Vol. 2, have always been popular since they first came out.

Over the years, the covers for Volume 1 and Volume 2 sometimes got mixed up. But the songs inside each album always stayed the same! Both albums have been put together and released again many times. This means their Christmas songs are some of the most famous Chipmunk tunes ever. A newer version called Chipmunks Christmas was released in 2012.

Songs on the 1962 Album

Here are the songs you can find on the first Christmas with The Chipmunks album:

Side one

• "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" (Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman) – 1:46
• "Up on the House Top" (Benjamin Hanby) – 1:34
• "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 2:18
• "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:31
• "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) – 2:38
• "Over the River and Through the Woods" (Lydia Maria Child) – 1:59

Side two

• "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 1:47
• "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (Meredith Willson) – 1:47
• "Frosty the Snowman" (Walter "Jack" Rollins, Steve Nelson) – 2:01
• "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:38
• "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" (Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 2:21
• "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (Traditional) – 0:56

Christmas with The Chipmunks Vol. 2 (1963)

Christmas with The Chipmunks Vol. 2
Studio album by Alvin and the Chipmunks
Released	1963
Genre	Christmas
Length	33:10
Language	English
Label	Liberty Records (LP) EMI-Manhattan Records (CD)
Producer	Ross Bagdasarian
Alvin and the Chipmunks chronology
The Chipmunk Songbook (1962) Christmas with The Chipmunks Vol. 2 (1963) The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles Hits (1964)
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Christmas with The Chipmunks Vol. 2 was released in 1963. It also has 12 songs. Just like the first album, this one had 11 classic holiday songs. It also included one brand new song written by Ross Bagdasarian (the creator of The Chipmunks) called "Wonderful Day."

Songs on the 1963 Album

Here are the songs from the second Christmas with The Chipmunks album:

Side one

• "Jingle Bell Rock" (Joe Beal, Jim Boothe) – 1:43
• "Deck the Halls" (Traditional) – 2:19
• "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (Traditional) – 4:22
• "Hang Up Your Stockin'" (Jack Mann) – 1:52
• "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) – 2:34
• "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" (Wilf Carter) – 1:50

Side two

• "Wonderful Day" (Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 2:29
• "Christmas Time (Greensleeves)" (Traditional) – 3:07
• "All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" (Donald Yetter Gardner) – 1:42
• "O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)" (Traditional) – 2:28
• "The Night Before Christmas" (Clement Clarke Moore) – 3:01
• "Here We Come A-Caroling" (Traditional) – 1:57

Christmas with The Chipmunks (2007 Reissue)

A new version called Christmas with the Chipmunks was released in 2007. This collection included all 24 songs from both the 1962 and 1963 albums. The songs were not in their original order. As a special bonus, it also had "The Chipmunk Song," which was a duet with the band Canned Heat from 1968.

Christmas with The Chipmunks (2008 Reissue)

Christmas with The Chipmunks (2008 reissue)
Compilation album by The Chipmunks
Released	September 16, 2008
Genre	Christmas
Length	48:10
Language	English
Label	Capitol
Producer	Ross Bagdasarian Sr.
The Chipmunks chronology
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007) Christmas with The Chipmunks (2008 reissue) (2008) Undeniable (2008)

Another version of Christmas with The Chipmunks was released in 2008. This album also gathered songs from the first two Christmas albums. In this version, the songs were "remixed." This means they were changed a bit, with extra echo (called "reverb") added to the music.

Songs on the 2008 Album

Here are the songs on the 2008 reissue:

• "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" (Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman) – 1:46
• "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" (Ross Bagdasarian) – 2:21
• "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) – 2:38
• "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (Meredith Willson) – 1:47
• "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:31
• "Up on the House Top" (Benjamin Hanby) – 1:34
• "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" (Traditional) – 0:56
• "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 2:18
• "Over the River and Through the Woods" (Lydia Maria Child) – 1:59
• "All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" (Donald Yetter Gardner) – 1:42
• "Frosty the Snowman" (Walter "Jack" Rollins, Steve Nelson) – 2:01
• "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (Traditional) – 4:22
• "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 1:47
• "Christmas Time (Greensleeves)" (Traditional) – 3:07
• "Here We Come A-Caroling" (Traditional) – 1:57
• "Deck the Halls" (Traditional) – 2:19
• "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) – 2:34
• "Jingle Bell Rock" (Joe Beal, Jim Boothe) – 1:43
• "O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)" (Traditional) – 2:28
• "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:38