"I'll Be Home for Christmas" is a popular Christmas song which recounts the joys of the Christmas season and reiterates that "I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams." It was first recorded by Bing Crosby but has become a seasonal standard with numerous recorded versions.
Lyrics[]
I'm dreaming tonight of a place I love
Even more then I usually do
And although I know it's a long road back
I promise you
I'll be home for Christmas
You can count on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents on the tree
Christmas Eve will find me
Where the love light beams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
Appearances in Christmas specials[]
- A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) - Sung by Fozzie Bear and his mother as part of the Muppets' caroling medley.
- Alpha's Magical Christmas (1994)
- Jingle All the Way (1996) - Frank Sinatra
- Snowden's Christmas (1999) - Cover version plays over the closing logos and following closing credits. It's only seen on the non-split-screen version.
- Prancer Returns (2001) - Nickel Creek
- The Polar Express (2004)
- New Girl: "The 23rd" (2011) - Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward (as background music)
- A Pentatonix Christmas Special (2016) - Pentatonix with Kelly Clarkson
- Shazam! (2019) - Dean Martin
Album releases[]
- A Pentatonix Christmas (2016)