Merry Christmas Darling

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"Merry Christmas, Darling"
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Single by The Carpenters
from the album Christmas Portrait
A-side(s) Merry Christmas Darling"
B-side(s) Mr. Guder
Released 1970, 1978
Format 7" single
Recorded 1970, 1978
Genre Holiday
Length 03:05
Label A&M Records
Writer(s) Frank Pooler; Richard Carpenter
Producer(s) Jack Daugherty
Chart positions
The Carpenters singles chronology
"We've Only Just Begun" (1970) "Merry Christmas Darling" (1970) "For All We Know" (1970-71)

"Merry Christmas Darling" by The Carpenters was written by Richard Carpenter & Frank Pooler and originally recorded in 1970. At the time it was only available on a 45 rpm from A&M Records (1236) and later in 1974 reissued as A&M 1648 and in 1977 as A&M 1991. The single went to #1 on Billboard's Christmas singles chart in 1970, and did again in 1971 and 1973.

In 1978, The Carpenters issued their Christmas Portrait album, which contained a new recording of "Merry Christmas Darling".