The composer of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen is unknown. There is record of it being sung within the Christian Church since the 15th century. The hymn was first put into print for the general public when William B. Sandy included a version of it in his publication Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833). It was subsequently added to various hymnals and carol books. In 1843 Charles Dickens included the song in his famous novel A Christmas Carol. Everybody’s favorite villian, Ebenezer Scrooge showed a depth of his sad self in this paragraph from Dicken’s classic: “…at the first sound of ‘God bless you merry, gentlemen, May nothing you dismay!” Scrooge seized the ruler with such energy of action that the singer fled in terror, leaving the keyhole to the fog and even more congenial frost.
The Hound + The Fox is a McKenzie and Reilly Zamber, a husband and wife duo from Grants Pass, OR that has been together for more than five years. Once the couple was married, they created a YouTube page to share their music for others to enjoy and ended up getting a reaction from people around the world.