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Thread #170494   Message #4186066
Posted By: PHJim
20-Nov-23 - 11:46 PM
Thread Name: Any November Songs?
Subject: RE: Any November Songs?
Has anyone suggested Loiudon Wainwright III's "Suddenly It's Christmas."

Suddenly it's Christmas, right after Hallowe'en
Forget about Thanksgiving, it's just a buffet in between
There's lights & tinsel in the window they're stocking up the shelves
Santa's slaving at the North Pole in his sweatshop full of elves

There's got to be a build-up to the day that Christ was born
The halls are decked with pumpkins and ears of Indian corn
Dragging through the falling leaves in a one-horse open sleigh
Suddenly it's Christmas seven weeks before the day

Suddenly it's Christmas, the longest holiday
When they say 'Season's Greetings', they mean just what they say
It's a season, it's a marathon, retail eternity
And it's not over 'til it's over and you throw away the tree

Outside it's positively balmy, in the air nary a nip
Suddenly it's Christmas, unbuttoned and unzipped
Yes, they're working overtime, Santa's little runts
Christmas comes but once a year and goes on for two months

Christmas carols in December and November too
It's no wonder we're depressed when the whole thing is through
Finally it's January; let's sing Auld Lang Syne
But here comes another party shaped just like a Valentine

Suddenly it's Christmas the longest holiday
The season is upon us, a pox, it won't go away
It's a season, it's a marathon, retail eternity
And it's not over 'til it's over and you throw away the tree
No it's not over 'til it's over and you throw away the tree
Iat's still not over 'til it's over nd you throw away the tree