Happy Holiday (song) Happy Holiday (song) "Happy Holiday" (sometimes performed as "Happy Holidays") is a popular song composed by Irving Berlin during 1942 and published the following year. "Happy Holiday" was introduced by Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds (dubbed by Martha Mears) in the 1942 film "Holiday Inn" in a scene when the Inn opens for the first time. While it is commonly regarded as a Christmas song, in the film it is performed on New Year's Eve, and expresses a wish for the listener to enjoy "happy holidays" throughout the entire year. Jo Stafford was the first to record and release it
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) (1993), "Donnie Brasco" (1997), "Almost Famous" (2000), "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" (2016) and "The Fate of the Furious" (2017). The Chipmunks performed a smooth jazz version of the song with Kenny G on the saxophone for their 1994 album "A Very Merry Chipmunk". They also performed a duet version with Jaci Velasquez for her 2001 album "Christmas" in which Alvin tries to flirt with Jaci in Spanish and changes the lyric "I want a hula hoop" to "I want a date with you." On a Christmas episode of "The King of Queens", the character Doug Heffernan says it's his favorite Christmas