: In a 1987 TV adaptation, the song was performed by a "good-time-girl" character played by Twiggy as a "lusty pub song," further removing it from its caroling aesthetic. Cliff Richard’s Transformation
: Richard removed lines about drinking and joking, replacing them with religious references to bring the "spiritual aspect" back to Christmas.
The song was originally written by Jeremy Paul, Leslie Stewart, and Keith Strachan for the 1976 stage musical Scraps , an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Match Girl .

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