The Christmas Can-Can - Straight No Chaser

Christmas, Christmas time is here,

And Christmas songs you love to hear

Thoughts of joy and hope and cheer,

But mostly shopping, shopping, shopping

Christmas, Christmas time is here,

The sleigh bells and the red-nosed deer

Songs and songs we love to hear

All played a thousand times each year

Heard this same song twenty times

And it’s only Halloween (Joy To The World)

(I saw three ships come sailing in on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day)

It’s not even cold outside (deck the halls with boughs of holly)

Christmas, Christmas time is here,

(Hark The Herald Angels Sing)

And Christmas songs you love to hear

(Joy To The World)

Thoughts of joy and hope and cheer,

But mostly shopping, shopping, shopping

Christmas season

Starting sooner every year

It’s October,

Stores with plastic Christmas trees

Ransack the mall,

Shop until you lose your mind

Spike the eggnog,

Sit back and watch Rudolph, Frosty, Tiny Tim, and Scrooge, the Grinch,

or Charlie Brown

It’s time…

(Hey)

It’s time to do the Christmas can-can

If you can’t, can’t dance, well, that’s OK (not going to do the kick line)

All you need is a tree, some lights, about a thousand presents

Wrap them up and pray for snow

(Ho)

Run to your closet

Find your Christmas sweater

Screaming carols all the way (fa-la-la-la-la)

Maine all the way to California

It’s the Christmas can-can Halloween to Christmas day

It’s the most wonderful time of year

We’re running mad with Christmas cheer

Hey, what’s troubling you, my friend?

It’s not fair if you’re Jewish, Jewish

(not fair if you’re Jewish, Jewish)

Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel

I made it out of clay

You realize that Christmas ain’t the only holiday

Hey, he’s right who made these laws?

Look!

Wait!

Here comes Santa Claus,

Santa Claus, Santa Claus, Santa Claus, Santa Claus (Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa,

Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa)

(Guys? Guys!)

Hey, Santa do the can-can

Help them if you can-can

Join in the parade

(I'm gonna go grab some Chinese food)

All you need is a tree, some lights, about a thousand presents

Wrap them up and pray for snow (ho)

Run to your closet

Find your Christmas sweater

Screaming carols all the way (fa-la-la-la-la)

France all the way to Indiana

It’s the Christmas can-can

That’s the end

Wait!

For our ending

We should share this holiday

Hava Nagila happy Hanukkah to you,

A happy Hanukkah to you, a happy Hanukkah to you

A merry Christmas, Hanukkah and also Kwanzaa.

Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah and merry Kwanzaa, too

(Ho)