“We Need a Little Christmas”

E939311

Christmas song popular song show tune song

“We Need a Little Christmas” is a popular, upbeat Christmas song from the Broadway musical *Mame*, where the character Mame Dennis sings it to lift spirits during hard times.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
We Need a Little Christmas	2
“We Need a Little Christmas” canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11666498 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: “We Need a Little Christmas”
Context triple: [Mame Dennis, notableSongAssociated, “We Need a Little Christmas”]

A. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a classic Christmas standard, originally introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 film *Meet Me in St. Louis* and since covered by countless artists.
B. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
"It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is a classic mid-20th-century Christmas song that has become a seasonal standard, widely covered and featured in holiday music repertoires.
C. I’ll Be Home for Christmas
"I’ll Be Home for Christmas" is a classic American Christmas song, first recorded by Bing Crosby in 1943, that expresses a soldier’s longing to be home with loved ones for the holidays.
D. Somethin’ About Christmas
Somethin’ About Christmas is a holiday-themed album by American singer-songwriter and American Idol winner Kris Allen, featuring contemporary pop arrangements of Christmas classics and original festive songs.
E. Simply Christmas
Simply Christmas is a jazz-inflected holiday album by American singer and actor Leslie Odom Jr., featuring soulful interpretations of classic Christmas songs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: “We Need a Little Christmas”
Target entity description: “We Need a Little Christmas” is a popular, upbeat Christmas song from the Broadway musical *Mame*, where the character Mame Dennis sings it to lift spirits during hard times.

A. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a classic Christmas standard, originally introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 film *Meet Me in St. Louis* and since covered by countless artists.
B. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
"It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is a classic mid-20th-century Christmas song that has become a seasonal standard, widely covered and featured in holiday music repertoires.
C. I’ll Be Home for Christmas
"I’ll Be Home for Christmas" is a classic American Christmas song, first recorded by Bing Crosby in 1943, that expresses a soldier’s longing to be home with loved ones for the holidays.
D. Somethin’ About Christmas
Somethin’ About Christmas is a holiday-themed album by American singer-songwriter and American Idol winner Kris Allen, featuring contemporary pop arrangements of Christmas classics and original festive songs.
E. Simply Christmas
Simply Christmas is a jazz-inflected holiday album by American singer and actor Leslie Odom Jr., featuring soulful interpretations of classic Christmas songs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christmas song ⓘ popular song ⓘ show tune ⓘ song ⓘ
basedOn	novel Auntie Mame ⓘ linked to: Auntie Mame (novel)
composer	Jerry Herman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
describedAs	popular ⓘ upbeat ⓘ
firstAppearanceInWork	Mame ⓘ
genre	Christmas music ⓘ holiday music ⓘ show tune ⓘ
hasNotableCoverArtist	Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ⓘ linked to: Kiri Te Kanawa Glee cast ⓘ linked to: Glee Cast Johnny Mathis ⓘ Percy Faith ⓘ The Boston Pops Orchestra ⓘ linked to: Boston Pops Orchestra The Muppets ⓘ linked to: Muppets The New Christy Minstrels ⓘ
hasNotableLyric	We need a little Christmas, right this very minute ⓘ
hasTheme	celebration of Christmas spirit ⓘ family and togetherness ⓘ optimism in adversity ⓘ
hasTitleCharacterSinger	Mame Dennis ⓘ
intendedMood	cheerful ⓘ uplifting ⓘ
isFrequentlyIncludedOn	Christmas compilation albums ⓘ
isFrequentlyPerformedIn	Christmas television specials ⓘ holiday concerts ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Jerry Herman ⓘ
medium	voice and orchestra ⓘ voice and piano ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the earliest Christmas songs in a Broadway show’s plot ⓘ
originalContext	sung to lift spirits during hard times ⓘ
originalPerformerCharacter	Mame Dennis ⓘ
originalProductionType	Broadway musical ⓘ
partOfMusical	Mame ⓘ
performerInOriginalBroadwayCast	Angela Lansbury ⓘ
style	Broadway ⓘ light orchestral ⓘ
subject	Christmas ⓘ holiday celebration ⓘ
tempo	up-tempo ⓘ
typicalPerformanceTime	Christmas season ⓘ
usedAs	Christmas standard ⓘ
writer	Jerry Herman ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mame Dennis → notableSongAssociated → “We Need a Little Christmas” ⓘ

subject linked to: Mame

Pentatonix → notableWork → We Need a Little Christmas ⓘ

linked to: “We Need a Little Christmas”

Mame (1974 film) → featuresSong → We Need a Little Christmas ⓘ