<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <P> "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular English Christmas carol from the West Country of England . </P> <P> The Bristol - based composer, conductor and organist Arthur Warrell is responsible for the popularity of the carol . Warrell arranged the tune for his own University of Bristol Madrigal Singers, and performed it with them in concert on December 6, 1935 . That same year, his elaborate four - part arrangement was published by Oxford University Press, under the title "A Merry Christmas: West Country traditional song". </P> <P> Warrell's arrangement is notable for using "I" instead of "we" in the words; the first line is "I wish you a Merry Christmas". It was subsequently republished in the collection Carols for Choirs (1961), and remains widely performed . </P>

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