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About God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen - It is also known as Tidings of Comfort and Joy . It is in Roxburghe Collection (iii.452) and is listed as no. 394 in the Roud Folk Song Index . The earliest known printed edition of the carol is in a broadsheet dated to c. 1760 . The traditional English melody is in the minor mode . It is one of the oldest carols, dated to the 16th century or earlier . The carol is referred to in Charles Dickens' 1843 A Christmas Carol . Scrooge seized the ruler with such energy of action . God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen had an affiliation to band(s) - God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen's music is influenced by genre(s) - christmas carol.