<P> Despite the song's popularity with Americans at the front and at home, in the UK the BBC banned the song from broadcast, as the Corporation's management felt the lyrics might lower morale among British troops . </P> <P> In December 1965, astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell while on Gemini 7, requested "I'll Be Home for Christmas" be played for them by the NASA ground crew . </P> <P> "I'll Be Home for Christmas" was recorded by Perry Como (1946), Frank Sinatra (1957), Elvis Presley (1957), Johnny Mathis (1958), Connie Francis (1959), Jack Jones (1963), Anita Baker (2005) Sara Evans (Hear Something Country - Christmas 2007, 2007), Kelly Clarkson (iTunes Session (2011) and Wrapped in Red (2013)), Seth MacFarlane (Holiday for Swing (2014)), Pentatonix (A Pentatonix Christmas (2016)), Demi Lovato (Spotify Singles (2017)) and many other artists . </P>

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