First recorded by The Quinto Sisters (1964).
Popular version by Burl Ives (1964 |MOR #30 1998 |US #38 2017).
From the wiki: “‘A Holly Jolly Christmas’, also known as ‘Have a Holly Jolly Christmas’, is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks. It was the title song of The Quinto Sisters’ first album, Holly Jolly Christmas, recorded in June 1964 for Columbia Records, featuring guitarist Al Caiola with arrangements by Frank Hunter and Marty Manning.
“The song was also featured in the 1964 Rankin-Bass Christmas special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, in which Burl Ives voiced the narrator. This version was also included on the soundtrack album.