Ethel Merman and Oscar the Grouch sing the song in A Special Sesame Street Christmas.
"Winter Wonderland" is a winter song, popularly treated as a Christmas time pop standard, written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith and originally recorded by Ray Charles. It has been recorded many different times by such artists as Guy Lombardo & The Andrews Sisters, Bob Dylan, George Strait, Tony Bennett, The Carpenters, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Elvis Presley, Goldfrapp, Cyndi Lauper, Johnny Mathis, Ozzy Osbourne, Dolly Parton, Frank Sinatra, James Taylor, Dean Martin, Harry Connick, Jr., Stryper, Radiohead, Jason Mraz, The Cocteau Twins, Selena Gomez & The Scene, Vanessa Hudgens, Jesse McCartney, Enrico Ruggeri, Andy Griffith, Dennis Day, Judy Garland, and Pentatonix & Tori Kelly (mashed up with "Don't Worry Be Happy").
Lyrics[]
Over the ground lies a mantle of white
A heaven of diamonds shine down through the night
Two hearts are thrilling, in spite of the chill in the weather
Love knows no season, love knows no clime
Romance can blossom any old time
Here in the open, we're walking and hoping together
Sleigh bells ring are you listening
In the lane snow is glistening
A beautiful sight we're happy tonight
Walking in a winter wonderland
Gone away is the bluebird
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song as we go along
Walking in a winter wonderland
In the meadow we can build a snowman
And pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say are you married we'll say no man
But you can do the job when you're in town
Later on we'll conspire
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid the plans that we made
Walking in a winter wonderland
In the meadow we can build a snowman
And pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with Mr. Snowman
Until the other kids knock him down
When it snows ain't it thrilling
Though your nose gets a chilling
We'll frolic and play the Eskimo way
Walking in a winter wonderland
Notes[]
- Most versions of the song repeat the "Parson Brown" verse near the end.
Appearances in Christmas specials[]
- Studio Choir
- Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976)
- Darlene Love
- Better Off Dead… (1985)
- The Holiday (2006)
- The Oranges (2011)
- Others
- Die Hard (1988)
- Disney's Very Merry Christmas Songs (1988/2002) - Larry Groce and the Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus
- Call Me Claus (2001) - Garth Brooks
- Elf (2003) - Ray Charles [heard in the background over the ending scene, and into the first part of the closing credits scroll]
- Eloise at Christmastime (2003) - Gavin Creel and Sofia Vassilieva
- The Polar Express (2004) - The Andrew Sisters [heard in the background in one scene, but when the instrumental bridge plays it skips back by a couple of seconds for the moment before the big skip sets back at the ending of the singing before the bridge begins.]
- Why Him? (2016) - Katy Tiz feat. Felix Snow
- The Christmas Train (2017)
- Noelle (2019) - Ray Charles
- ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks: "A Very Merry Chipmunk" (2020)
- Red One (2024): Performed in its original by Beres Hammond of the Joe Gibbs Family of Artists, followed by its German-translated version by Roland Kaiser
- Winter Wonderland (upcoming)
- Uncredited
- The Carpenters at Christmas (1977) - The Carpenters
- A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978) - Big Bird sings the "Gone away is the bluebird…" part when he first appears.
- Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas (1984) - Bobby Goldsboro
- Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988) - Del Rubio Triplets
- The Simpsons: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" (1989) - Nancy Cartwright [Heard on the radio while Homer searches for the Christmas tree in his car.]
- Full House: "A Very Tanner Christmas" (1992)
- Roswell: "Samuel Rising" (2001)
- Las Vegas: "White Christmas" (2006) - Elvis Presley
- The Simpsons: "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" (2006)
- The Mistle-tones (2012)
- A Pentatonix Christmas Special (2016) - Pentatonix with Reba McEntire
- The Last Tycoon: "A Brady-American Christmas" (2017) - Richard Himber and His Orchestra
- Pentatonix: A Not So Silent Night (2018) - Pentatonix with the Backstreet Boys
- 9-1-1: "Christmas Spirit" (2019) - Andy Williams
Albums[]
- Merry Christmas from Sesame Street (1975) - The Company in a last part of the first medley (also used in A Sesame Street Christmas (1995))
- Disney's Christmas All-Time Favorites and Disney presents A Family Christmas (1980) - Larry Groce and Children's Chorus
- Merry Christmas With The Smurfs (1983)
- A Very Special Christmas (1987) - Eurythmics
- A Rosie Christmas (1999) - Donny Osmond
- The Looney Tunes Kwazy Christmas (2000)
- Disney's Family Christmas Collection (2003)
- Bob! from Sesame Street: Christmas Sing Along (2006)
- Nick Jr. Winter Wonderland (2006)
- Songs to Celebrate 25 Days of Christmas (2009) - Chelsea Williams
- Disney Winter Wonderland 2010
- Mickey's Magical Holiday 2011
- Disney Channel Holiday Playlist (2012) - Olivia Holt