"Winter Wonderland" is a winter song, popularly treated as a Christmas time pop standard, written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith. It has been recorded many different times by such artists as: Guy Lombardo & The Andrews Sisters, Bob Dylan, George Strait, Tony Bennett, Karen Carpenter, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Eurythmics, Elvis Presley, Goldfrapp, Cyndi Lauper, Darlene Love, 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 and Dennis Day, 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
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
Appearances in Christmas specials
- Frosty's Winter Wonderland
- A Special Sesame Street Christmas
- Die Hard
- Disney's Very Merry Christmas Songs
- Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special - Covered by The Del Rubio Triplets
- "A Very Tanner Christmas"
- Elf (2003) - The covered version is heard in the background over the ending scene, and into the first part of the closing credits scroll.
- The Polar Express (2004) - The covered version is heard in the background in one scene, but when the instrumental bridge plays it skips back by a couple seconds for the monment before the big skip sets back at the ending of the singing before the bridge begins.
- A Pentatonix Christmas Special
- Pentatonix: A Not So Silent Night