'The Russian crew rubbed vodka into our feet and made us drink it to keep warm, so we were a bit drunk and covered in vodka for the whole time. We were running around in these long white coats and having to dash back into the trailer every couple of minutes to warm up.

It was snowing and so cold, it was painful. 'Recording it was huge fun but the strangest memory I have is of being in Red Square in Moscow, shooting the video. It was a Christmas song but we put a beat on, added the steel pans and made a good fun record for everybody to dance to. When I play it live or if I hear it on the radio, it always makes me smile РІР‚вЂњ itРІР‚в„ўs magic.РІР‚Сњ We were in the studio corridor singing the chorus, with all these Americans looking at us like we were crazy, singing about Christmas in 100-degree heat. We actually recorded it in New York, on a boiling-hot day. 'The winter of '73 was a pretty bad one in the UK with a lot of strikes but our song lifted peopleРІР‚в„ўs spirits, IРІР‚в„ўm certain of that. We had no idea it was going to be as big as it was РІР‚вЂњ it sort of captures the spirit of the time. So Jim and Noddy Holder sat down to do one. РІР‚СљThe song came about because our bassist Jim LeaРІР‚в„ўs grandmother said nobody wrote Christmas songs any more. Jimmy appears in Once in a Lifetime РІР‚вЂњ The Final Tour from June 20, 2014. We were back at home and I ran to my father and said, РІР‚ВDad! I got number one!РІР‚в„ў He handed me a broom and said, РІР‚ВGo clean the yard.РІР‚в„ўРІР‚Сњ Just as Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Michael BublР“В© have all put their own spin on Jingle Bells, many famous singers have done the same for the French version.Р”Вalida first sang the French version of Jingle bells РІР‚СљVive le VentРІР‚Сњ back in the РІР‚в„ў60s.Р”Вalida is not French, but she was and still is a very iconic singer in France, similar to how Julio Iglesias is popular in the US.'I remember the exact moment when I heard I was top of the charts in the UK. My daughter (pictured below), who has attended French schools her whole life, has sung the French version of Jingle Bells РІР‚СљVive le ventРІР‚Сњ at almost all her school holiday Christmas shows.Р”Вalida singing РІР‚СљVive le Vent,РІР‚Сњ: Jingle Bells in French Maybe not quite as popular as the original version is in the US and Canada, but most French children and adults know this catchy Christmas song tune well enough to hum it. The French version of Jingle bells was originally adapted to French by Francis Blanche in 1948, and itРІР‚в„ўs a popular Christmas song in France. РІР‚СљVive les vacancesРІР‚Сњ: Hooray for the holidays!Р”В«orrowing Christmas songs from other languages is nothing new.РІР‚СљVive la FranceРІР‚Сњ: A patriotic French expression which means РІР‚СљLong live France.РІР‚Сњ.If you say РІР‚СљVive (something),РІР‚Сњ it can mean anything from РІР‚СљHooray (something)РІР‚Сњ to РІР‚СљLong live (something)РІР‚Сњ depending on the phrase, and it can be used for a person, place or thing. РІР‚СљViveРІР‚Сњ comes from the French verb РІР‚СљVivre which means (to live). In French, Jingle Bell is called РІР‚СљVive Le VentРІР‚Сњ and literally translates to РІР‚СљLong live the windРІР‚Сњ but can also mean РІР‚Сљlive the wind.РІР‚Сњ Translating songs word for word canРІР‚в„ўt really maintain these things, and so songwriters and singers who adapt these Christmas songs to their own language change the words and the title. My guess is these changes have something to do with the cohesiveness of the song, making songs rhyme and flow. I wrote an article about popular French Christmas songs in France here.

What you may not realize is sometimes the translated titles and lyrics of those original Christmas songs are changed completely while the tune remains the same. Over the years, Christmas carols and Christmas songs such as Jingle Bells have been borrowed and translated from one language to another.

Jingle Bells, AmericaРІР‚в„ўs favourite sing-along Christmas song, is a worldwide sensation. French version of Jingle Bells: Title and lyrics translated to EnglishР”Р‡rench Jingle Bells lyrics are completely different than the English Version.Lyrics to the French version of Jingle Bells.Dalida singing РІР‚СљVive le Vent,РІР‚Сњ: Jingle Bells in French.Borrowing Christmas songs from other languages is nothing new.French Jingle Bells lyrics are completely different than the English Version.

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