Music / What I Really Want for Christmas

What I Really Want For Christmas is an album of Christmas music by American pop artist and The Beach Boys founding member Brian Wilson, released on Arista Records in 2005. It features a mix of traditional Christmas carols, new originals and covers of tracks from The Beach Boys' Christmas Album. Included as bonus tracks were three songs that were previously available on Wilson's website prior to the album's release.

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Tracklist:

1. "The Man With All The Toys"
2. "What I Really Want For Christmas"
3. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
4. "O Holy Night"
5. "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
6. "Hark The Herald Angels Sing"
7. "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"
8. "The First Noel"
9. "Christmasey"
10. "Little Saint Nick"
11. "Deck The Halls"
12. "Auld Lang Syne"

Bonus tracks:

1. "On Christmas Day"
2. "Joy To The World"
3. "Silent Night"

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What I really trope for Christmas:

• A Cappella: "Auld Lang Syne".
• Album Title Drop
  What I really want for Christmas
  What I really want for Christmas
  What I really want at Christmas time
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: "Silent Night" ends with a special message of Brian wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all families.
• Christmas Elves: "The Man With All The Toys"
  And he saw through the window a sight
  A big man in a chair and little tiny men everywhere
• Christmas Songs: All songs except "Auld Lang Syne" which is usually sung during New Year's Eve.
• Continuity Nod: The album ends with the cover of "Auld Lang Syne", just like The Beach Boys' Christmas Album.
• Cover Version: 8 songs on the album are covers of traditional christmas songs (10 if you count the bonus tracks).
• Extended Cut: "The Man With All The Toys" originally lasts a minute and a half and is extended to twice its length on this album.
• Fade Out: "Deck The Halls".
• Lyrical Cold Open: "What I Really Want For Christmas", "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" and "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"
• One-Word Title: "Christmasey".
• Packaged as Other Medium: The cover art mimicks a wrapped gift.
• Santa Claus: Mentioned in "The Man With All The Toys" and "Little Saint Nick".
• Santa Clausmas: "The Man With All The Toys".
• Shout-Out: "On Christmas Day" has the same drumming intro as The Ronettes's "Be My Baby". That song also references the christmas pop song "Frosty The Snowman" and "Merry Christmas, Baby".
• Snowy Sleigh Bells: Notably heard on "What I Really Want For Christmas" and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas".
• Special Guest: Bernie Taupin (known collaborator of Elton John) co-wrote "What I Really Want For Christmas".
• Title Drop: On each track.
• Title Track