"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" is a popular Christmas song, first released in 1973 by the British glam rock band Wizzard.
Despite the song's strong, long-lasting popularity, it has reached no higher than No. 4 in the UK's Official Singles Chart, a position that the song occupied for four consecutive weeks from December 1973 to January 1974. As with most Wizzard songs, it was written and produced by Roy Wood—formerly of The Move and a founding member of ELO. The song was famously beaten to the 1973 Christmas number one spot by Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody" which remained at the top of the charts for five weeks, from December 1973 to January 1974.
Roy Wood sings lead vocals. The backing vocals for the single are by "The Suedettes", augmented by the choir of Stockland Green Bilateral School First Year.[3] The original sleeve of the single credits "Miss Snob and Class 3C" with "Additional noises". The basic track for the single was recorded in August 1973, so to create a wintry feeling engineer Steve Brown decorated the studio with Christmas decorations and turned the air conditioning down to its coldest setting. Wood wore a woollen hat found in Lost Property. The schoolchildren were brought down from the Midlands to London by bus during the autumn half-term to add their contributions.[4]
At the time of the singles' release, Wizzard's contract with EMI was close to expiry. Promotional copies were pressed by Warner Brothers, with whom the band had just signed for future releases. Only then was it discovered that EMI were legally entitled to the track after all, so the Warner Brothers pressings were halted and the record appeared on the Harvest label, but with the same picture sleeve.[4]
Although Wood had arranged for the members of the Stockland Green School choir to sing at the Top of the Pops television recording, their place was taken by children provided by a local London stage school.
The video shows the band dressed up in winter-themed studio and are then joined by a group of children who play instruments and join in with the singing.
"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day"
When the snowman brings the snow
Well, you just might like to know
He's put a great big smile
On somebody's face
If you jump into your bed
Quickly cover up your head
Well, don't you lock the doors
You know that sweet Santa Claus
Is on the way
Well, I wish it could be Christmas every day
When the kids start singing and the band begins to play
Oh, I wish it could be Christmas every day
And let the bells ring out for Christmas
When we're skating in the park
If the storm cloud paints it dark
Then your rosy cheek's
Gonna light my merry way
Now the frosty paws appear
And it's frozen up to here
So we'll lie by the fire
Til' the sleep simply melts 'em all away
Well, I wish it could be Christmas every day
When the kids start singing and the band begins to play
Oh, I wish it could be Christmas every day
(Christmas every day)
And let the bells ring out for Christmas
When the snowman brings the snow
Well, he just might like to know
He's put a great big smile
On somebody's face
So if Santa brings that sleigh
(Santa brings that sleigh)
All along the Milky Way
I'll sign my name on the rooftop in the snow
Then he may decide to stay
Well, I wish it could be Christmas every day
(Ooh, don't you know that)
When the kids start singing and the band begins to play
Oh, I wish it could be Christmas every day
(Christmas every day)
And let the bells ring out for Christmas
Visual Inspiration
As I was having a bit of mental block with the pressure of getting an idea quickly I decided to look at some design for christmas.
This is what a studio did for the christmas using QR codes to create christmas images. Thought this was a very unique way to promotion themselves at a time of year that things can be regurgitated.
I really like this stitch effect and knitted jumpers really remind me of christmas. This is a technique I could use for my text as I want it to look good so people will want it.
I like how these stamps have been used to create an image with the stamps being baubles to. Although not something for my card it still is a clever idea.
As i'm mainly visual and not typographic I liked how this serif typeface had been manipulated to make a visual image.
Script type seems to be used a lot in christmas things and I found the song title of mine as a cake decoration.
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