Classical Christmas music

[Onebug]

'I believe in Father Christmas' by Greg Lake contains a 'sample' of some classical music. I've heard the music loads of times on TV trailers and adverts for anything to do with Christmas, but i've never been able to find out what its called, or who wrote it. Can anybody help please?

[Catweazle]

Troika (Sleigh Ride) by Prokofiev.

[mr. piper]

to add to that it is called troika (a sleigh) and it comes from "leiutenant kije(keesjay)" by prokofiev, an opera written in the nineteen thirties, although it does sound very antiquated it isn't that old but it is very christmassy, although there is no xmas connection in the opera.