Merry Christmas Wherever You Are

This the season for generosity
A time to give and to receive
My Christmas list consists of just one sweet dream....

I know what I want for Christmas this year
I hope my note got to Santa on time
I'm a little bit nervous,
It's kind of a big thing I'm asking for
I don't know if I deserve it but, boy, if I get it
I'll never ask for anything more
It shines, it's new
And it's the one wish that I wish would come true
This year for Christmas I just wanna be with you

We can build a little fire
We can sit and talk for hours
We'll just have fun
You can tell me what you did
Christmas morning as a kid
And we'll talk about all our Christmases to come

And if I hang a little mistletoe in every single doorway
I'm sure to get a kiss
And is it too much to ask for a snowman kind of snow
To complete this singular wish?
It shines, it's new
I know what I want and nothin' else will do
This year for Christmas I just want to be with you

This year for Christmas I just want to be with you

- Charlie Black, Dana Hunt

Tricycles, bicycles
Candy canes and candlelight
Tryin' to stay awake all night
To catch a glimpse of Santa's reindeer

Mama bakin', sister makin'
Angels in the fallin' snow
Now it seems so long ago
I wish they all were here

We'd have an old time Christmas
An old time Christmas
Just like the ones from yesterday
We'll leave the world behind us
Let the spirit find us
And have an old time Christmas
For old times sake

Friends singin', bells ringin'
Snowman standin' in the yard
It's a livin' Christmas card
Captured in our hearts forever

Friends scatter, it won't matter
The magic never melts away
It only takes a Christmas day
To make it reappear

So have an old time Christmas
An old time Christmas
Just like the ones from yesterday
We'll leave the world behind us
Let the spirit find us
And have an old time Christmas
For old times sake

So leave the world behind you
Let the spirit find you
And have an old time Christmas
For old times sake

- Aaron Barker, John Jarvis

Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

It doesn't shows of stopping
And I've brought some corn for popping

The lights are turned way down low
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

When we finally kiss goodnight
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight
All the way home I'll be warm

The fire is slowly dying
And, my dear, we're still goodbying
But as long as you love me so
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

- Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne

Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle bell swing and jingle bells ring
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun

Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet
That's the jingle bell,
That's the jingle bell,
That's the jingle bell rock

- Joe Beal, Jim Boothe

I had no reason for shopping this season
But I hung your stocking today
It makes me feel better
Though we're not together
You'll always be in my heart
Merry Christmas, wherever you are

Since it was Christmas
I thought you might call
Or have you stopped thinkin' about me at all
It'd be a perfect white Christmas
A storybook picture
If I could just share it with you
Though you're not here with me
I've got your memories
They keep me goin' sweetheart
Merry Christmas wherever you are

Though you're not here with me
I've got your memories
You'll always be in my heart
Merry Christmas wherever you are

Merry Christmas wherever you are

- Jerry Laseter, Mack Vickery

Everybody stops and stares at me
These two teeth are gone as you can see
I don't know just who to blame for this castastrophe
But my one wish on Christmas Eve is as plain as can be

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth
My two front teeth
See my two front teeth
Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth
Then I could wish you, "Merry Christmas"

It seems so long since I could say
"Sister, Susie sitting on a thistle!"
Gosh, oh gee, how happy I'd be, if I could only whistle

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth
My two front teeth
See my two front teeth
Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth
Then I could wish you, "Merry Christmas"

It seems so long since I could say
"Sister, Susie sitting on a thistle!"
Gosh, oh gee, how happy I'd be, if I could only whistle

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth
My two front teeth
See my two front teeth
Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth
Then I could wish you, "Merry Christmas"

- Donald Gardner

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Front nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like eskimos

Everybody knows some turkey and some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight

They know that Santa’s on his way
He’s loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother’s child is going spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly

And so I’m offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it’s been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you

- Mel Tormé, Bob Wells

Leon Dixon leaves his Christmas lights up all year 'round
It's somethin' different about our town
We've often wondered why he never takes 'em down
But Leon leaves his Christmas lights up all year 'round

There's a big bright Noel flashin' off and on
In the yard where the children play the whole year long
We've all gotten used to it year by year
Now it's kinda gotten to be a part of things 'round here

Peace on earth, goodwill to men
Christmas time is here again
Can it be all that wrong
To feel like Christmas all year long?

Leon got sick, it's been back awhile
Short on luck and money but he still wore that smile
And nobody could stand to see him do without
So we all drove over to see if we could help out

Yea, the Noel flashed on and the bills stayed paid
I felt so warm as we drove away
I had never seen Christmas spelled so clear
As when I saw Leon flashin' in my rear view mirror

Peace on earth, goodwill to men
Christmas time is here again
Can it be all that wrong
To feel like Christmas all year long?

Noel Leon

- Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis, Ricky Ray Rector

You know Dasher and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen,
But do you recall, the most famous reindeer of all?

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Had a very shiny nose,
And if you ever saw it,
You could even say it glows.

All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names;
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say:
"Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee,
"Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer,
You'll go down in history."

- Johnny Marks

Christmas is always
My favorite time of year
Sleigh bell's ringin', jingle lingin'
Christmas time is near

Can't wait to build a snowman
And play outside all day
Nothing could be better
I gotta write a letter
Santa's on his way

Christmas time is always
A special time of year
A time for joy and happiness
And lots of Christmas cheer

Can't wait to decorate the tree
That we brought home today
Nothing could be better
I gotta write a letter
Santa's on his way

Christmas time is always
A special time of year
A time for joy and happiness
And lots of Christmas cheer

So have a very Merry Christmas
And a jolly happy day
Nothing could be better
I gotta write a letter
Santa's on his way
Santa's on his way
Santa's on his way

- David Anthony