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We Write You A Merry Christmas

by The Friendly Beasts

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Meowy Christmas You’ve heard the tales of sheep and cows Adoring the baby boy But what about the furry meows That brought him warmth and joy? Meowy Christmas, Purrfect child Like a kitten, so meek and mild You have come to earth for us Meowy Christmas Nestled in the swaddling clothes On a quiet Bethlehem night A litter of kittens would doze Hugging the boy-child tight Baby Jesus was not an average child they say But have you ever met a child who didn’t want a kitten for their birthday?
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Nadolig Llawen Nadolig Llawen [“naDOLLig HLAwen”: Merry Christmas] a Blwyddwyn Newydd Dda! [“BLOOdhin NEHwidh dha”: Happy New Year] Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddwyn Newydd Dda! We wish you a Merry Christmas from the Island of Wales And A Happy Happy Welsh New Year! The snow and wind is blowing all around us in gales, But we are warm and cozy in here! Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddwyn Newydd Dda! Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddwyn Newydd Dda! The Mari llwyd is eisteddfodde, a horsehead on a pole, and if the horsey bites, you will pay! Nadolig stockings by the fire at taffy making time, Let's ALL go hear the carol of the day! Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddwyn Newydd Dda! Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddwyn Newydd Dda!
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Indiana County: The Christmas Tree Capital Of The World Indiana County, the Christmas tree capital of the world It's holidaytime season once again, the perfect time to enjoy Pennsylvania's Indiana County. Come explore our virgin pine forests where 2,000 bucks are harvested a year. Watch the stock car races at the Marion Center Motor Speedway. Experience the childhood home of actor Jimmy Stewart or take a guided tour of the state-of-the-art Homer City Coal plant. There's something for the entire family! So come on by or contact us at: The Indiana County Ministry of Tourism 863 Burger King Terrace Knucklingsburg, PA 15704 See you soon! Indiana County, the Christmas tree capital of the world
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Verse 1 Oh come with us and sing our Lord Emmanuel The King of Kings Salvation brings a glorious tale to tell Conceived of hope and light, a child of virgin birth Has come to be the saviour to the children of Earth Verse 2 What humble child is this, who takes away all fear The Prince of Peace with friendly beasts is resting here And many years from now His ministries begin And with His sacrifice shall save mankind from sin Verse 3 To God above on high, sing praise with adulation And we who heard shall spread His word to every nation Go forth with song and prayer, the joyous sound proclaim Ring out your praise and glorify His holy name Verse 4 Oh Blessed Son of God, Upon this Christmas Day The Holy Ghost and heavenly host have come to stay Bestow in us your peace too weighty to ignore And spread your light into our hearts forevermore
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I've Got a Guy (In the North Pole) A-B-See this guy right here? His photo on the mantle makes it perfectly clear That’s because, I'm Mrs. Santa Claus S-T-You know, I’m his dame There's only one who gets it done, and he's my flame I love his jingle, I'm Mrs. Kris Kringle My girlfriends often wonder how I stand the north pole (pole). What to wear… do people stare… where does he get that coal (coal coal)? The answer true, I’m tellin’ you is in this tune The joy and magic felt on Christmas night and noon Is nowhere near the love sincere that makes his fav'rite gal swoon M-N-Oh I love him so In all the years that fly on by the more I know I get my kicks, as Mrs. Saint Nick G-H-I’m his valentine The only note I ever wrote was “Santa, will you please be mine?” I’m the luckiest broad, I'm Mrs. Santa Claus
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Finding Jesus Every November, when it’s time to decorate We put out the nativities, but don’t do it in haste We place Mary and Joseph, with the animals in the hay But not yet baby Jesus, not ‘til Christmas Day Finding Jesus in the closet with your shoes Finding Jesus in a drawer next to the glue Christmas morning Jesus has found you Finding Jesus in everything that you do The African nativity, the one made out of wood, The glass one can hang on the tree, but it’s always understood… Jesus hides behind the couch, or in your office desk So on December 25th, be sure you don't forget!
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LOST Christmas One balmy evening on the Island As the sun set on each castaway Sayid looked on the Calendar, and said Christmas Eve is today And all of the Survivors Were surprised and unprepared "If we don't live together, we'll die alone! It's Christmas!" Jack declared. The Tailies and the Others too The frieghter folk and the rest All make the best of being LOST at Christmas Hurley wears a Santa outfit as Polar bears pull Dharma sleighs Throws Apollo bars to Shannon As Boone cooks fish fillets Jack says, "Kate we have to go back To the way Christmas used to be" Claire's having Aaron's first Christmas, as Charlie prays to Virgin Mary "You all everybody You all everybody Actin' like you're Christmas people Wearin' Christmas clothes" Eko reads a Christmas mass As the other Tailies sit in prayer Sun and Jin, with Bernard and Rose Roast Dharmarshmallows there Sawyer's really in the spirit Joining in the Yuletide bash Gives out medicines and magazines and books from in his stash Locke gave a hunting knife to Walt It looks like it's brand new "Mr. Locke, You can't give me this" John says, "Don't tell me what I can't do" Desmond is on the SAT-phone with Penny Exhanging loving yule desires And on the beach all the others Sing carols around their campfires From his chopper Lapidus drops gifts For every castaway In his notebook, Daniel calculates The speed of Santa's sleigh Ben and Juliet get along For once they're being friends And Jacob and his enemy Shook hands and made amends If only for today All is peaceful, there is no dismay All together LOST on Christmas Make your own kind of music Sing your own Christmas song
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Ain't a Holiday Valentine’s day, 1986 You put a bug in my hair, when I just wanted a kiss Seventh grade, I used to dread Halloween Because I knew you’d come and cover my house with TP Boy I find I kinda miss your tricks You’re my one and only Christmas wish So spike my Christmas punch again I just want you and your shenanigans Cause without you and all the games you play it ain’t a holiday New Year’s Eve, you call at twelve on the dot You say it’s accidental, but I know it’s not Look out my window, baby there you are Guilty grin, you shaving-creamed my car Boy I really love your little pranks You’re the one that makes me wanna give thanks Spike my Christmas punch again I just want you and your shenanigans Cause every day's like April Fool's I wanna wreak some havoc with you Cause without you and all the games you play It ain't a holiday
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Fruitcake i'm a tiny, little fruitcake tasty christmas rite every year i'm passed around but no one takes a bite i'm filled with nuts, green cherries pineapple, and dates chok full of currants don't you think that i sound great? they call me a lush i'm swimming in brandy but around the holidays, don't you think that's handy? i'm a tasty little fruit cake scrumptious, baked and browned cut me into slices and gobble me down!
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Egga noggy Egga noggy Egga noggy [etc.] 6 ounces of milk 1 teaspoon powdered sugar 2 ounces of light rum 1 whole egg Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a collins glass. Sprinkle nutmeg on top and enjoy. Please drink responsibly. Egga noggy Egga noggy
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A wee small boy named Daniel would play Not with toys but the rhythms he made He practiced every night after night Until he knew the cadences right “Daniel, bring your snare today!” He heard his father proudly say King Herod calls for twelve to drum A corps whose praises long will be sung Rich and poor Whether lone or in the corps Sound the drum to your heart’s delight You will find your rhythm tonight He played his best, by size undeterred But Herrod gave his final word Daniel’s drumming he never heard He held back tears as best he was able And ran to hide in the nearby stable A newborn boy there he did find That night he played the drum for a king of a different kind
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Ribbons, bows, ho-ho-ho's It's Decembertime yo, shopping day one You found the perfect gift, you be gettin' it done A paperweight is what it is What's the next step Hell this ain't no pop quiz Presentation, you're gonna wrap it up Swiftly, quick-like All you need is a bag & tissue just fill out the tag you wish you had done it nicer dag Ain't no thang it's for your boss at Burger Kang Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays Either phrase give thanks and praise to all the gift wrappers Because wrapping is the hardest part It's an art, if you're smart You'll take the time to wrap Three weeks til Christmas, time to hit the mall It's that time of year yo where the peoples just get all Crazy, bananas in a tree You throw down with a grandmom til you get a Ticke Me Elmo, it's still a big hit I'm tellling you boys, with the kids it's shhh... Before you peace out you see a crazy-ass sight in the middle of the mall a surpriseful delight Charity gift wrap, Aw yeah I'll bite For only 25 bills this Christmas wrap be done right Off the hook for your little cousin Brooke Twelve days are left to go, but there ain't no swans-a-swimmin' Sittin' in your crib with the Christmas tree you trimmin' Underneath the tree is your favorite gift of all You didn't get it from the net and it isn't from the mall It's a little tiny box and the wrapping is divine Sleek silver paper with an intricate design A velvet ribbon wraps around and curves on every edge Just to hold it in your hand is a certain privilege What's inside, yo? Release. You gotta wait til Christmas. Peace.
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I come and play here every year, in times of sadness, in times of cheer, No one knew they were meant to last, These are the toys of Christmas Past A game called Perfection will give you a scare whether or not all the pieces are there Thunderball Island is missing some balls or I guess those are actually marbles that fall The greatest achievement of technology was all that I wanted that year, you'd agree didn't matter where you took it on sea or on land the Typhoon would hover-craft at your command And then came the phase with the building and building Construx was the medium of choice for the most things Capsela and Robotix were of similar stuff, But they just weren't as fun and Construx was enough. And of course Legoes had a place in our hearts, Even more when we were older and they had cooler parts, I'd build a chassis of a racecar with shocks and a working steering wheel oh man how it rocks After all those gifts I opened that morning, The one I was most excited about was the 40-box of crayons Crayola with every color, don't even need to be sharpened But when all the wrapping paper was cleared away, they were gone Where are you, crayons? Here in my den of earthly delights I set up Mouse Trap and a few Lite Brites I try to perfect a Spirograph And another joy comes into my path, It's Teddy Ruxpin and Inspector Gadget What that pair could do, no one could match it The Pound Puppies all playing with the Pound Purries (even though the cat version of puppies is kittens) I come and play here every year, in times of sadness, in times of cheer, No one knew they were meant to last, These are the toys of Christmas Past
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When we were children Christmas meant presents by the tree Attending church, eating food and seeing family Mom and Dad said "go to sleep, or Santa will not come" Which somehow never kept us from a long night full of fun And we'd say "Don't forget to wake us up for Christmas" Though 5am would roll around before we got to bed "Don't forget to wake us up for Christmas Or we might have to wake you up instead" Then when we were older, we loved our Christmas Eve We'd chat and talk the night away with hardly a reprieve We'd never tire of having fun, we'd last 'til the sun rose And then we'd crash exhaustedly still in our Christmas clothes Don't forget to wake us up for Christmas We've been good just as we should and Santa's on his sleigh Don't forget to wake us up for Christmas Or we will sleep right through the entire day Nowadays in many ways such busy lives we keep The gift we're wanting most of all is just to get some sleep Christmas-time has changed for us since we are all grown And now we take our orders from children of our own And they don't forget to wake us up for Christmas As they pull of our Christmas socks while jumping on our bed "Don't forget to wake us up for Christmas" Or we might have to wake you up instead "Don't forget to wake us up for Christmas" And don't forget a single word we've said "Don't forget to wake us up for Christmas Or we might have to wake you up instead"

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All Songs Written and Performed by The Friendly Beasts:
Eric S. Donaldson
Sean G. Donaldson
Abigail Fudor
Joseph Gustafson
Addi Twigg
Andrew Twigg

©2009/2010 The Friendly Beasts

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released December 23, 2009

All Songs Recorded and Engineered
by Sean G. Donaldson

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Quirky Christmas music based out of Pittsburgh, PA!

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