giving in to christmas

i'm giving in to christmas

and to hopes for the new year

i close my eyes to worries

for the future that we share

and shut my mind from knowing

of the troubles everywhere

i'm giving in to christmas

dialing down the old despair

ho

there is hope in plastic snowflakes

sprayed across a mistletoe

and i send a thought to everyone

both to family and foe

i used to have an attitude

but i've had a change of heart

one long hard stare in the mirror

was the perfect place to start

at christmas time we slow our minds

and treat ourselves with care

it's christmas time

and i'm in a christmas state of mind

hoho

so i write another christmas song

for family and friends

just like every greedy artist

i try to cash in on a trend

hohoho