The song was included on her 1977 Christmas album, also titled Come On, Ring Those Bells, which was nominated for a Grammy Award.

At the end of 1978 they were preparing to release The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait, but Richard had decided he’d had enough. Refusing to get on the plane for a planned UK performance ...

One hundred million album sales later, The Carpenters remain the epitome of MOR cool, a title they hold thanks not just to the patronage of the likes of Sonic Youth but to Karen's vocal genius and ...