In 1974 the melody was sung with Spanish lyrices by Manolo Otero called Todo el tiempo del mundo (All the Time of the World)

The original melody was an Italian tune called Soleado from 1974, based on an earlier tune called Le rose blu from 1972

The English language lyrics were written by Fred Jay (who wrote Rasputin and Ma Baker for Boney M) and make no specific reference to Christmas