Children listen for "sleigh bells in the snow" in the song White Christmas, written by Irving Berlin and originally sung by Bing Crosby.
To hear sleigh bells in the snow.
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
Sleigh bells in the snow.
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten, and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten, and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white http://www.carols.org.uk/white_christmas.htm
No, though of course we don't have much choice but to hear it at Christmas time, as it is everywhere... ;-)
Here's the song:I'm dreaming of a white ChristmasJust like the ones I used to knowWhere the treetops glisten and children listenTo hear sleigh bells in the snowI'm dreaming of a white ChristmasWith every Christmas card I writeMay your days be merry and brightAnd may all your Christmases be whiteI'm dreaming of a white ChristmasJust like the ones I used to knowWhere the treetops glisten and children listenTo hear sleigh bells in the snowI'm dreaming of a white ChristmasWith every Christmas card I writeMay your days be merry and brightAnd may all your Christmases be white
Around Christmas, a song that you will hear in France is "petit Papa Noël" by Tino Rossi.
Listen, do you want know a secret? Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. To listen with your heart is to ignore what you see.
The lyrics are:I'm dreaming of a white ChristmasJust like the ones I used to knowWhere the treetops glistenand children listenTo hear sleigh bells in the snowI'm dreaming of a white ChristmasWith every Christmas card I writeMay your days be merry and brightAnd may all your Christmases be whiteI'm dreaming of a white ChristmasWith every Christmas card I writeMay your days be merry and brightAnd may all your Christmases be white.
Bob Marley is a Jamaican icon, so yes, many Jamaicans do listen to him at Christmastime and throughout the year. You can hear his version of "White Christmas" on the compilation album Destiny: Rare Ska Sides from Studio 1. It is also available on YouTube. A few other not-as-well-known Christmas songs can be found on other compilations.
The prefix that means "hear" or "listen" is "audi-".