--- title: Paul McCartney Sings Wonderful Christmastime on Jimmy Fallon description: Jimmy Fallon and the Roots sang "Wonderful Christmastime" with McCartney, Witherspoon, McConaughey, Johannson, Tori Kelly, and MacFarlane canonical: https://time.com/4609018/paul-mccartney-wonderful-christmastime-video/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-21T16:43:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:41.421Z og:title: Watch Paul McCartney and Every Star Ever Sing 'Christmastime' og:description: Scarlett! Reese! McConaughey! McCartney! The Roots! og:url: https://time.com/4609018/paul-mccartney-wonderful-christmastime-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Paul McCartney and Every Star Ever Sing 'Christmastime' twitter:description: Scarlett! Reese! McConaughey! McCartney! The Roots! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Paul McCartney, Scarlett Johansson and Seth MacFarlane Simply Having a 'Wonderful Christmastime' by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 21, 2016 4:43 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 21, 2016 4:43 PM UTC If the sky looked dark last night, it’s because Jimmy Fallon and [The Roots](http://time.com/4594887/nintendo-super-mario-bros-tonight-show/?iid=sr-link4) got all the stars to sing “Wonderful Christmastime” with them on _The Tonight Show_. The special performance gathered together [Paul McCartney](http://time.com/4566291/paul-mccartney-mannequin-challenge/?iid=sr-link1), who wrote the modern Christmas classic, as well as the cast of the just released [animated feature, _Sing,_ ](http://time.com/4598009/sing-review-matthew-mcconaughey/?iid=sr-link1)for an a capella version of “Wonderful Christmastime.” The film’s cast just happens to include some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Reese Witherspoon, [Matthew McConaughey](http://time.com/4380220/matthew-mcconaughey-true-detective-season-3/?iid=sr-link3), Scarlett Johansson, and Seth MacFarlane, as well as rising star Tori Kelly. The stars gamely sang along to the tune, joined by their _Sing_ characters. The acapella rendition of the song is joyful and triumphant, but it will take a lot top the version with the cast of [_Star Wars: The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4151111/watch-jimmy-fallon-the-roots-and-the-star-wars-the-force-awakens-cast-team-up-for-an-epic-choral-medley/?iid=sr-link1) singing the franchise’s famous score. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4609018/paul-mccartney-wonderful-christmastime-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4609018/paul-mccartney-wonderful-christmastime-video/"},"headline":"Watch Paul McCartney, Scarlett Johansson and Seth MacFarlane Simply Having a 'Wonderful Christmastime'","datePublished":"2016-12-21T16:43:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:41.421Z","description":"Joyful and triumphant","url":"https://time.com/4609018/paul-mccartney-wonderful-christmastime-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Paul McCartney","jimmy fallon","Matthew McConaughey","The Roots","Reese Witherspoon"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4609018/paul-mccartney-wonderful-christmastime-video/","name":"Watch Paul McCartney, Scarlett Johansson and Seth MacFarlane Simply Having a 'Wonderful Christmastime'"}}]}] ```