Choral Choir,Choral (SSA) - Level 2 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1268112
By Hugo Peretti. By George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore. Arranged by Michael Thomas Coull. 20th Century,Christmas,Comedy,Holiday,Pop. 14 pages. MTC Publishing #860671. Published by MTC Publishing (A0.1268112).
Snoopy's Christmas - Choral Arrangement for SSA and Piano by Michael Thomas Coull
A follow-up to The Royal Guardsmen's earlier hit Snoopy vs. the Red Baron, the 1967 hit Snoopy's Christmas is a fictional account of how Snoopy was directed to go out and fight the Red Baron on a bitterly cold Christmas Eve. Â The Baron has Snoopy at his mercy after a long dogfight, but instead of shooting him down he forces Snoopy to land and offers Snoopy a chivalrous holiday toast. Â Afterward, Snoopy and the Red Baron fly their separate ways, 'each knowing they'd meet on some other day'.
The song begins with a chorus singing O Tannenbaum.  The middle of the song is bridged by chimes ringing out a phrase from Hark the Herald Angels Sing. And the song also references the 1914 Christmas Truce of World War I which was initiated not by German and British commanders, but by the soldiers themselves in the trenches.
This arrangement of Snoopy's Christmas for SSA and piano accompaniment is a great song to sing at any choirs end of year holiday concert. A classic Christmas song that is always a crowd favourite!
