''Merry, Merry Christmas'' is the third studio and only Christmas album by pop band

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, released in the

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on September 19, 1989. It features seasonal songs, both cover versions and original material. Released at a time when the band was peaking, it went double platinum and spawned the top-ten single, "

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", which Maurice Starr produced and recorded at Tony Rose’s Hit City Recording Studio in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The deathcore band I Declare War used the same album cover image for a Christmas themed EP they released titled ''Bring the Season '' (2007).

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References

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