"Christmas in New York" is a Christmas song written by

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at the piano of the Church of Sweden in New York in 1979. It was recorded by John Wesley Shipp and released as a single in 1982, with " The Christmas Song" on its

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. The English-language version was performed annually between 1986 and 2002 by The Rockettes during the '' Radio City Christmas Spectacular'' in New York City. Lyrically, the song describes New York City in Christmas time. It was recorded by Loa Falkman, as "It's Christmas in New York", on his 1990 Christmas album ''

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''. US jazz singer

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covered it on her 2009 Christmas album, '' Christmas in New York''. Gamla stans Julmarknad 2009p

The Swedish-language version, recorded by the Glennmarks Family on the 1983 holiday album, '' Från advent till jul'', is called "Jul i Gamla stan", with lyrics by Monica Forsberg reflecting Christmas in

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's gamla stan. It was covered by (among others)

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(1986), Jan Malmsjö (1987),

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(1996) and

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(1986).Information
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