I'll be home for Christmas
You can plan on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents by the tree

Christmas eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams

By: Kim Gannon and Walter Kent

Source

Origin: United States
First Published: 1943

The song is sung from the point of view of a soldier stationed overseas during World War II, writing a letter to his family. In the message, he tells the family he will be coming home and to prepare the holiday for him, and requests snow, mistletoe, and presents on the tree. The song ends on a melancholy note, with the soldier saying, “I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams”. The flip side of the original recording (Decca 18570B) was “Danny Boy” -Wikipedia

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