IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE MISTLETOE (OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS)
(Justin Wilde / Douglas Konecky)
(Dutch lyrics by Keld Heick)


Barbara Mandrell - 1984
Oke Bredel (Dutch title "Misteltenen) - 1985
Tommy Seeback & Annette Heick (Titled "Misteltenen") - 1989
Vikki Carr - 1992
Kathie Lee - 1993
Barbra Streisand - 2001
Thomas Anders - 2012


It must have been the mistletoe
The lazy fire, the falling snow
The magic in the frosty air
That feeling ev'rywhere


It must have been the pretty lights
That glistened in the silent night
Or maybe just the stars so bright
That shined above you


Our first Christmas
More than we'd been dreaming of
Old Saint Nicholas had his fingers crossed
That we would fall in love


It could have been the holiday
The midnight ride upon a sleigh
The countryside all dressed in white
That crazy snowball fight


It could have been the steeple bell
That wrapped us up within its spell
It only took one kiss to know
It must have been the mistletoe


Our first Christmas
More than we'd been dreaming of
Old Saint Nicholas Must have known that kiss
Would lead to all of this


It must have been the mistletoe
The lazy fire, the falling snow
The magic in the frosty air
That made me love you


On Christmas Eve a wish came true
The night I fell in love with you
It only took one kiss to know
It must have been the mistletoe


It must have been the mistletoe
The lazy fire, the falling snow
The magic in the frosty air
The feeling ev'rywhere


It must have been the mistletoe
The lazy fire, the falling snow
The magic in the frosty air
That made me love you



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2013)