“Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” is a Christmas holiday song originally sung by Darlene Love and included on the 1963 Christmas compilation album, A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records. Darlene Love had performed the song every year since 1986 on the final new episode before Christmas of Late Night with David Letterman (NBC 1986-92) and the Late Show with David Letterman (CBS 1993–2014).

Here’s Darlene Love’s 28th and final Late Show performance of the song:

In 2016, Pitchfork crowned the song as the Best Christmas Song of All Time, praising Love’s aching and powerful performance and noting its longevity and climb over the years.