Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas from Meet Me in St. Louis is featured in Glee, Actually, the tenth episode of Season Four. It is sung by Kurt, Puck and the New Directions. Blaine, Brittany, Jake, Kurt, Marley (episode version), Puck, and Sam have solos.
When Sue's "Secret Santa" is Millie Rose, Sue has trouble finding her the perfect gift. When she overhears her talking to her daughter Marley in the cafeteria about how she can't afford a Christmas tree this year, Sue breaks into Marley and Millie's home and places a Christmas tree inside. As well as the Christmas tree, decorated with ornaments, she gives them 800 dollars and an expensive sweater. Millie doesn't believe she should accept the money, and offers it back to Sue, but Sue insists that she keep it and use it wisely. To thank her for her gifts, she leads Sue into the auditorium, which is decorated immaculately with Christmas trees, and the New Directions perform this song.
During the song, fake snow falls, whilst Marley sings lead. At Breadstix, Jake and Puck sing the song, joyous that both their mothers are finally getting along and becoming close brothers. Sam and Brittany also sing some parts at Breadstix. Meanwhile, in New York, Kurt and Blaine sing whilst at the dinner table, eating Christmas dinner with Burt.
Lyrics[]
Brittany (Marley in episode version) with New Directions:
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on our troubles will be out of sight
Puck:
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the yule-tide gay
Jake:
From now on our troubles will be miles away
Puck with Jake:
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Brittany and Sam:
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Brittany, Jake and Sam:
Gather near to us
Jake:
Once more (Brittany: Once more) (Sam: Once more)
Blaine:
Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
Blaine and Kurt:
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now
Puck:
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Blaine with the Group:
Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough
Blaine and Brittany (Blaine and Marley in episode version) with the Group:
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now
Trivia[]
- This is one of the songs where someone's part/s in the studio version was sung by someone else in the show similar to: A House Is Not a Home, Imagine, One, Time Warp, The Most Wonderful Day of the Year, You're the Top, You Get What You Give, Drive My Car, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Pompeii, Home and Listen to Your Heart.
- Melissa Benoist appears in the credits of this song on the album, although she only sings in the episode version.
- Darren has sung this song multiple times before he sung this on Glee, like in Toys for Tots, for ASCAP, and for his own performances.