Mistletoe and Holly - Frank Sinatra

> _**... folks stealin' a kiss or two, as they whisper Merry Christmas to you**_

Mistletoe and Holly is **Frank Sinatra**s own addition to the Christmas songbook. Written in 1957 by Sinatra, **Hank Sanicola**, and **Dok Stanford**, the Christmas record was recorded that summer for his LP album _A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra._ Sitting on Side One with the newer Yuletide favorites, the tune fits right into the albums promise: fresh Christmas cheer wrapped in the kind of seasoned sentiment only Sinatra could deliver.

Cut on July 17, 1957 in Los Angeles, the session brought together **Gordon Jenkins** sweeping orchestra and **The Ralph Brewster Singers**, giving the song that warm, glowing frame that defined Sinatras Capitol years. Jenkins sets the scene with strings that hang like tinsel, while the choir adds a soft halo around Sinatras voicenever crowding him, just giving him room to lean into the lyric.

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**Transpose by -3**
**Tempo: 109 BPM**

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Sinatra approaches Mistletoe and Holly with the ease of a man who knows what the season really meansfamily around the table, old memories coming back to life, that quiet hopefulness hanging in the air. The lyric plays like a small snapshot of that world: childrens laughter, carols drifting in, familiar rooms dressed for the holidays. Nothing overblown, nothing grandstanding, just the kind of simple, lived-in Christmas portrait Sinatra was always good at selling.

The eventual 45 release carried that same spirit, a song meant to feel like it had always belonged to December. Over the years, Mistletoe and Holly slipped neatly into the rotation, a classic that still keeps its place whenever _A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra_ circles back around.

Sinatra didnt write many Christmas songs, but here he left a marka tune as warm and easygoing as a firelit room, sung by a voice fully in its prime, wrapped in Jenkins lush arrangements and the soft lift of the Brewster singers. A small classic, sure, but a classic all the same.