Nu är det jul igen

"Nu är det jul igen" (Danish: "Nu er det jul igen") (English: Now it is Christmas again) is an old Christmas song originating in Scandinavia, and often sung when dancing around the Christmas tree.^[1][2] Lyrically, the song first states that Christmas lasts all the way until Easter, before mentioning that this is not the case, since the fasting season comes between them.^[3]

Danish poet Mads Hansen [da] from Vester Skerninge wrote a longer lyrics version, "Nu har vi jul igen".^[4][5]

The song was recorded by the Gregg Smith Singers as "Now it is Yule again" in a four-part, a capella, mixed-voice chorus arrangement by Gregg Smith on their 1960 album Christmas Carols from Around the World (Crown Records CLP 5194).^[6][7]

In popular culture

• The song was featured in the Arthur Christmas special "Arthur's Perfect Christmas".
• The fluffy Swedish Meatball characters are seen dancing to it in the short film Rejected.
• During the Christmas festivities in the film Fanny and Alexander by Ingmar Bergman, the family dances to this song.

Publication

• Julens önskesångbok, 1997, under the lines "Tjugondag Knut dansar julen ut", credited as "folktune"