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Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1996 album)
Released	November 21, 1996 [citation needed] October 24, 2000 [citation needed] June 19, 2001 (ABC/Roadshow version) [citation needed]
Label	ABC Lyrick Studios, HIT Entertainment/Koch Records (US) USM Junior (UK)
Producer	The Wiggles (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page, Anthony Field)
Length	33:07 (AUS Version) 30:31 (US Version)
Previousalbum	Wake Up Jeff! (1996)
Nextalbum	The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack (1997)

For the 2017 re-recording of this album, see Wiggly Wiggly Christmas!

Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas is the seventh album released by The Wiggles, and the group's first Christmas-themed album. The album's tie-in video special was released on October 13th, 1997.

The album later served as the basis for a 2017 album of the same name by the new generation of Wiggles (Emma Watkins, Simon Pryce, and Lachlan Gilespie)

Tracklist

1. Have a Very Merry Christmas - 0.31
2. Wiggly Wiggly Christmas - 2.14
3. With a Shiny Red Nose - 0.07
4. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - 1.56
5. If You See Santa - 0.11
6. Go Santa Go - 1.51
7. Ding Dong Merrily on High - 1.29
8. Shepherds - 0.11
9. Christmas Star - 0:28
10. Unto Us, This Holy Night - 2:05
11. Felice Navidad - 2:20
12. Peace and Joy to Everyone - 0:05
13. Jingle Bells - 1:53
14. Christmas Picnic - 2:21
15. Let's Clap Hands for Santa Claus - 1:32
16. Breebop Poem - 0:08
17. Henry's Christmas Dance - 1:36
18. Jeff's Christmas Tune - 2:00
19. Pirate Food Poem - 0:11
20. It's a Christmas Party, On The Goodship Feathersword - 1:56
21. Away in a Manger - 1:03
22. Wags Ate the Rags - 0:07
23. Wags is Bouncing Around the Christmas Tree - 1:28
24. Reindeer Express - 2:03
25. Silent Night - 3:00
26. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - 0:26

Personnel

The Wiggles are Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page and Anthony Field.

• Produced by The Wiggles
• Vocals: Greg Page
• Backing Vocals: Paul Paddick, The Wiggles
• Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, Flugelhorn: Dom Lindsay
• Cello: Margaret Lindsay
• Viola: Angela Lindsay
• Violin: Maria Schattovits
• Engineered by Chris Brooks, Alex Keller, Roy Mollace, Aaron Ruig
• Recorded at The Tracking Station Studios, Sydney
• Drums: Tony Henry, Peter Iacono
• Guitars: Terry Murray, Rex Kelaher, Murray Cook, Anthony Field, Greg Page
• Bass: Murray Cook
• Organs, Piano, Accordion: Jeff Fatt
• Photography: Gary Johnston
• Design: Blow-Up Pty Ltd

Trivia

• This was the first album to have Paul Paddick provide vocals for Captain Feathersword (partially sharing the role with Anthony Field), and the last to have Murray Cook provide vocals for Dorothy the Dinosaur.
  • This was also the first album to feature Paddick as a songwriter, with him having co-written the album's title track.
• Anthony Field provided the character vocals for Santa Claus.
• This was the last studio album to feature Greg Page as a guitarist. Page would later play guitar on the concert albums LIVE Hot Potatoes! and Celebration!.
• "Reindeer Express" was the only song on the album that did not appear in the tie-in video special.
  • Inversely, the song "Here Comes Santa Claus", which was featured in the video, did not appear on the album.
• This was the first album to be engineered by Alex Keller.
• The liner notes of the North American release contained slight differences in some of the song titles to better distinguish them from other songs:
  • "Ding Dong Merrily on High" and "Jeff's Christmas Tune" had the term "Instrumental" added to their names.
  • "With a Shiny Red Nose", "If You See Santa", "Shepherds", "Peace and Joy to Everyone", "Breebop Poem", "Pirate Food Poem" and "Wags Ate the Rags" had the term "Spoken" added to their names and received dialogue transcripts.
• The liner notes of the original Australian release used a common German spelling of "Rudolf" for the title of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" while the North American and United Kingdom releases used the original English name of "Rudolph".
• The United Kingdom release of the album was a "Special Edition" containing the compilation album Christmas Classics as bonus tracks at the end (the only difference is "Noche De Paz (Silent Night)" being moved to the last track).
  • To accommodate, the songs "Felice Navidad", "Jingle Bells" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (which appear on both) were skipped as part of the main album and didn't appear until the bonus tracks. However, for unknown reasons, "Unto Us, This Holy Night" was not skipped, thus it appeared twice as tracks 10 and 25, as did "Away in a Manger" (with its version from Santa's Rockin'!) and "Silent Night" (with "Noche De Paz", also from Santa's Rockin!)
    • When released on Spotify, "Unto Us, This Holy Night" only appeared as track 10 (the cover art was changed to reflect this, stating 9 bonus tracks instead of 10), and to differentiate the two "Away in a Manger" tracks, the Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas version was called the "Acoustic" version, and the Santa's Rockin'! version was called the "Long" version.

Mistakes and Errors

• Rex Kelaher's surname was misspelled as "Kelleher" in the liner notes of the original Australian release and misspelled as "Kellehr" In the liner notes of the North American release.
• In the liner notes of the original Australian release:
  • F" Field is credited for "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" rather than "A"(nthony) Field.
  • "Away in a Manger" was not credited as a traditional arrangement.
  • The word "Christmas" was absent from the title of "Wags is Bouncing Around the Christmas Tree"
• The 1999 Australian re-release did not update the publishing credits for "Have a Very Merry Christmas", "Go Santa Go" and "Unto Us, This Holy Night".

Sources

The Wiggles Discography Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg (1991-2006, 2012) Studio Albums The Wiggles (1991) • Here Comes a Song (1992) • The Adventures Of Captain Feathersword, The Friendly Pirate (1993) • Yummy Yummy (1994) • Big Red Car (1995) • Wake Up Jeff! (1996) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1996) • The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack (1997) • Toot Toot! (1998) • It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! (2000) • Wiggle Time! (2000) • Yule Be Wiggling (2000) • Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party (2001) • Wiggly Safari (2002) • Wiggle Bay (2002) • Go To Sleep Jeff! (2003) • Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! (2003) • Top of the Tots (2003) • Cold Spaghetti Western (2004) • Santa's Rockin'! (2004) • Sailing Around the World (2005) • Here Comes The Big Red Car (2006) • It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! (2006) • Racing to the Rainbow (2006) • Surfer Jeff (2012) Live Albums LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2005) • Celebration! (2012) Karaoke Albums Karaoke Songs 1 (2005) • Karaoke Christmas Songs (2005) • Karaoke Songs 2 (2006) • Karaoke Songs 3 (2006) International Splish Splash Big Red Boat (USA/Canada, 2006) Singles & EPs Eagle Rock! (2003) • Christmas Single (2004) • "Beep! Beep! Buckle Up!" (2012) Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Sam (2007-2011) Studio Albums Getting Strong! (2007) • Pop Go The Wiggles! (2007) • You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (2008) • Sing a Song of Wiggles (2008) • The Wiggles Go Bananas! (2009) • Hot Poppin' Popcorn (2009) • Let's Eat! (2010) • Ukulele Baby! (2011) • It's Always Christmas With You! (2011) Live Albums The Wiggles' Big Birthday! (2011) Singles & EPs "Monkey Man" (2009) • ITunes LIVE (2011) Anthony, Lachy, Simon and Emma (2013-2021) Studio Albums Taking Off! (2013) • Furry Tales (2013) • Pumpkin Face (2013) • Go Santa Go! (2013) • Apples & Bananas (2014) • Wiggle House (2014) • Rock & Roll Preschool (2015) • The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! (2015) • Wiggle Town! (2016) • Dance Dance! (2016) • Nursery Rhymes (2017) • Duets (2017) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas! (2017) • Nursery Rhymes 2 (2018) • Wiggle Pop! (2018) • The Wiggles' Big Ballet Day! (2019) • Party Time! (2019) • Fun and Games (2020) • Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car! (2020) • Lullabies with Love (2021) • Halloween Party (2021) Live Albums Let There Be Rock-a-Bye Your Bear (2020) • Wash Your Hands (2020) • How Are You Today Friend? (2020) • Tiny Play Time (2020) • It's a Galloping Day! (2020) • Come & See the Animals! (2020) Digital-Exclusive Albums & EPs Wiggly Barbershop (2020) • Emma's Bowtiful Ballet Studio (2020) • Le James Café (2020) Singles "Power Through the Day" (2013) • "Rise For Alex" (2014) • "NSW Blues Song!" (2017) • "The Toilet Song" (2019) • "Drum Chronology (feat. Kye Smith)" (2019) • "Big4 Wiggly Song" (2019) • "Singing Like A Rock Singer" (2019) • "Handwashing Song" (2019) • "Anthony Ant" (2019) • "Social Distancing" (2020) • "Brush Your Teeth" (2020) • "Little Wiggles Theme Song" (2020) • "Do the Propeller! (feat. Sesame Street)" (2020) • "Digital Party!" (2020) • "Click Go the Shears" (2020) • "The Twins Song - Double Happy" (2020) • "We're All Fruit Salad!" (2021) • "The ABC New Zealand Alphabet Song (feat. Robert Rakete)" (2021) • "Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Wall" (2021) • "The Wellerman" (2021) • "The Before You Go to Bed Song" (2021) • "We're All Fruit Salad! (Korean & English version)" (2021) Album Pre-Release Tracks "The Alphabet Ballet" (2019) • "My Ballet Goat" (2019) • "I Am A Fine Musician" (2019) • "The Ants Go Marching" (2019) • "What's the Time, Mr Wolf?" (2019) • "Here Come The Wiggles" (2020) • "Baby Shark" (2020) • "When I'm Painting" (2020) • "Skinnamarink" (2020) • "Trains, Planes and the Big Red Car" (2020) • "Rocket Ship" (2020) • "Emma's Bowmobile, Beep Beep!" (2020) • "Lullabies with Love" (2021) • "Googy, Googy, Baby Dorothy" (2021) • "Halloween Party" (2021) • "Toilet Paper Mummy" (2021) Anthony, Lachy, Tsehay and Simon (2021-present) Studio Albums Super Wiggles (2022) • Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (2023) • The Sound of Halloween (2023) • The Sound of Christmas (2023) • Wiggle and Learn: 100 Educational Songs for Children (2024) • Wiggle Up, Giddy Up! (2025) Digital-Exclusive Albums & EPs Wiggly Nursery Rhymes (2022) • Apple Music Home Session: The Wiggles (2022) • The Wiggles Sound System: Rave of Innocence (2024) Album Pre-Release Tracks Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Theme (2023) Singles "Hey Tsehay!" (2021) • "Around the World" (2022) Album Pre-Release Tracks "Water is My Favourite Drink" (2023) • "The Monkey Dance" (2023) • "Tick Tock (All Night Long)" (2024) • "Wiggle Up, Giddy Up! " (2025) • "Dorothy Doll " (2025) Spinoffs Dorothy the Dinosaur Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book (2008) • Dorothy the Dinosaur Meets Santa Claus (2009) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Rockin' Christmas (2010) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show! (2011) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party! (2012) Emma! & Lachy! Emma! (2015) • Dial E For Emma! (2016) • Lachy! (2016) • The Emma! & Lachy! Show (2018) • Emma! 2 (2019) Singles (Album Pre-Release Tracks) "E-M-M-A Theme Song" (2019) • "Emma's Hello Song" (2019) • Fruit Salad TV Fruit Salad TV (2021) • Fruit Salad TV Christmas (2021) More from The Wiggles The Kingdom Of Paramithi (2009) • ReWiggled: A Tribute to The Wiggles (2011) • Carnival of the Animals (2016) • Och Aye the G'Nu! (2017) • Sweet Dreams: White Noise Sleep Aid for Baby (2021) • Calm & Quiet: Soothing Sounds for Relaxing Baby (2021) • ReWiggled (2022) • Piano Lullabies for Baby Sleep (2024) Singles & EPs "Elephant (triple j Like A Version)" (2021) • "We're All Fruit Salad (triple j Live Recording 2021)|We're All Fruit Salad (triple j Live Recording)" (2021) Album Pre-Release Tracks ReWiggled (EP) (2021) • "Apple Crumble" (2022) Compilations Christmas Classics (2006) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2009) • Hits And Rarities (2012) • Christmas Crackers! (2012) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2013) • Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti! (2015) • The Best of The Wiggles on Vinyl (2016) • The Best of The Wiggles (2016) • We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits (2021) • Hot Potato! The Best Of The OG Wiggles (2023) • The Best Of The Wiggles (2023) Samplers The Wiggles (1999) • Celebrating The Wiggles' 10th Birthday! (2001) • Compliments of Brach's and The Wiggles (2003) • A Wiggly Music Sampler (2003) • Wiggle Bay (2003) • Milky, Milky, Milky (2003) • Toot Toot! 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Magical Adventure! A Wiggly Movie: 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Wake Up Jeff!: 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Karicare CD Sampler (2004) • Wiggle Into Apple-Healthy Snack Time with Mott's (2005) • Snack Time is Wiggle Time With Mott's (2006) • 4 Song CD (2006) • Omo Colourlock Limited Edition CD Sampler (2006) • Getting Strong! & Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book (2008) • The Wiggles Summer 2011 Sampler (2011) • The Wiggles Summer 2012 Sampler (2012) Books w/ CDs Sing-a-long CD (2006) • We're All Friends (2007) • Play Piano with... The Wiggles (2007) • A Wiggly Sing-Along Box Set (2012) • Super Singalong Slipcase (2015) • Singalong Slipcase (2018) Other Compilations featuring The Wiggles ABC Kids ABC For Kids: Greatest Hits (1991) • A Menagerie Of Songs All About Animals (1992) • More ABC For Kids Greatest Hits (1992) • Rock 'N' Roll Kids (1992) • ABC For Kids Live (1993) • Lots And Lots Of Great Music For Kids (1994) • Rock Roll Rap! (1994) • Roar Like a Dinosaur (1994) • ABC For Kids Dance Party (1995) • Hottest Hits (2003) • ABC For Kids Hits (2004) • Best of ABC for Kids (2006) • ABC For Kids Favourites (2009) • ABC For Kids Favourites 2 (2010) • The Best Music For Kids (2012) • The Best of ABC for Kids (2013) • ABC for Kids TV Themes (2014) • The Best of ABC for Kids Volume 2 (2014) • ABC For Kids Christmas (2014) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 3 (2015) • ABC Kids Christmas - Volume 2 (2015) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 4 (2016) • ABC Kids Christmas Volume 3 (2016) • Sing and Learn (2017) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 5 (2017) • ABC Kids Christmas Volume 4 (2017) • ABC Kids Let's Play! Holiday Fun with Friends! (2017) • ABC KIDS Listen (2018) • ABC Kids Hits (2018) • Christmas With ABC Kids (2018) • ABC KIDS Favourites (2019) Playhouse Disney Playhouse Disney 2 (2003) • Playhouse Disney: Imagine and Learn With Music (2005) • Disney Music Block Party (2008) Christmas compilations The Spirit of Christmas 1998 (1998) • The Spirit of Christmas 2003 (2003) • So Fresh Songs For Christmas 2005 (2005) • The Spirit Of Christmas 06 (2006) • Carols in the Domain: 25th Anniversary (2007) • So Fresh Songs for Christmas 2008 (2008) • My Christmas Party Album (2009) • My Favourite Christmas Songs (2010) • Greatest Ever! Christmas: The Definitive Collection (2010) • So Fresh Songs for Christmas 2011 (2011) • The Spirit of Christmas 2011 (2011) • My Christmas Album (2012) • So Fresh Songs for Christmas 2012 (2012) • Making Spirits Bright Christmas Charity Collection (2013) • The Spirit of Christmas 2014 (2014) • Making Spirits Bright 2014 Christmas Charity Collection (2014) • Superstar Christmas (2014) • Pop for Tots Christmas (2016) • 101 Christmas Classics (2017) • The Spirit of Christmas 2017 (2017) Other compilations Advance Australia Fair (1997) • Anthem - Celebration of Australia (1997) • The Andrew Denton Breakfast Show Musical Challenge (2000) • Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge 2: Even More Challenged! (2001) • Triple M Musical Challenge 3 – Third Time Lucky! (2002) • Koch Entertainment September 2003 Sampler CD (2003) • Pop Jr 2 - The Beginners Guide To Pop (2006) • Are We There Yet? Songs for a Great Car Ride (2007) • Hey! Hey! - Big Songs For Little People (2007) • Koch Records March 2008 New Release Sampler (2008) • Hits for Kids Pop Party 4 (2008) • Ultimate Pop Jr. (2010) • Artist Karaoke, Vol. 164: The Wiggles (2010) • Greatest Ever! Kids' Favourites (2010) • World of Karaoke, Vol. 93 (2010) • My Favourite Mini Disco Songs (2011) • My Favourite TV Themes (2011) • Karaoke Playbacks, Vol. 207 (2011) • Karaoke Playbacks, Vol. 222 (2011) • All My Favourite Songs (2012) • My Favourite Party Songs (2012) • My Favourite Playtime Songs (2012) • Music From The Home Front (2020) • We See You (2024)