"Merry Christmas with Love" is a Christmas song by Greg Wayne Davis and Billy Smiley

Billy Smiley

Billy Smiley is a music producer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for being one of the core members of the Christian rock band White Heart. He was the bands' guitarist, vocalist, and main songwriter since 1982....

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The song was first recorded by Sandi Patty

Sandi Patty

Sandra Faye "Sandi" Patty is an American Christian music singer. For many years she was known as Sandi Patti. She has been dubbed "The Voice" by critics, because of her wide range and flexibility.-Early life:...

, then known as Sandi Patti, for her 1983 Christmas album The Gift Goes On.

More recently, it was recorded by Clay Aiken

Clay Aiken

Clayton Holmes "Clay" Aiken is an American singer, songwriter, actor, producer and author who began his rise to fame on the second season of the television program American Idol in 2003. RCA Records offered him a recording contract, and his multi-platinum debut album Measure of a Man was released...

 as the title track of his 2004 Christmas album Merry Christmas with Love

Merry Christmas with Love

Merry Christmas with Love is Clay Aiken's first Christmas album, released by RCA Records on November 16, 2004. It was certified platinum and was recognized by Billboard as the best-selling Christmas/holiday album of 2004 and the best-selling Christian album of 2005.The album was re-released on...

It is a song about an older woman who is alone for Christmas, and has given up hope for being happy when a group of carolers comes to cheer her up by singing, "Merry Christmas with love." She embraces them and joins in at the end.