Little Christmas Song © 2002 David Roth

Here’s my little Christmas song

It’s new so I might play it wrong

But that’s okay, it’s not like I could say

Or sing one single thing

That’s never been expressed before

Like “peace on earth” and “no more war”

That’s easier to say than do,

Just read the paper, watch the news

DON’T read the paper, walk in nature

That’s what we did last Thursday

When six or seven inches fall down from the sky

It’s time to play

We slapped our boots on, grabbed the dog

We bought him in some catalogue

That’s what they send this time of year

How did they get our address here?

We took a stroll around the pond

Of Tricia I am very fond

Last summer she made me a blond

I looked a bit like Eminem

Our nieces’ very favorite rapper

Swears a lot, that whippersnapper

Strikes some kind of chord it seems

For certain disaffected teens...

Here’s my little Christmas song

Might play it wrong, it’s kinda newish

Don’t expect too much when Christmas songs

Are sung by someone Jewish

Except for maybe Adam Sandler

Nightly lights Menorah candles

Merry Christmas, Hanukkah

Solstice, Ramadan, and Kwanzaa

I know I left some holidays out

So choose that to which you’re devout

That’s what the Dali Lama does,

When asked what his religion was

Replies with just one single word

“Kindness” is what he prefers

And so do I, so now I ask

Is humankind up to the task?