Not everyone is happy with the single, though. Deena Martin, the daughter of legendary singer Dean Martin, who penned the song back in 1944, has called Legend’s update “absurd”.

“You do not change the lyrics to the song,” she told Good Morning Britain. “[Legend has] made it more sexual with those words he said. It’s absolutely absurd… He should write his own song if he doesn’t like this one, but don’t change the lyrics. It’s a classic, perfect song.”

Interestingly, the original song lyrics have been covered before by Lady Gaga, Michael Bublé, Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews. Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel also performed it in the hugely popular family movie Elf.

We’re guessing that Deena won’t be buying the Legend’s seasonal album A Legendary Christmas, which will feature the new track alongside a brace of other Christmas hits. If you’re a Legend fan, though, you can buy the album now.

Now that the full single has dropped, we think an evening inside listening to the song with that first mince pie of the season is in order.

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