# Non-Christmassy songs that mention Christmas in the lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587 "2010-11-05T16:16:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/1 "2010-11-05T16:16:53Z")
A flipflop of [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=584357) thread. Judging from the title, the Bee Gees “First of May” is not a song about Christmas, but it begins with “When I was small and Christmas trees were tall” Others? ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/2 "2010-11-05T16:19:29Z")
“He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day” – “Levon” by Elton John “She was born in Monterey/All the Christmas songs were sung” – “She Never Spoke Spanish to Me” by Butch Hancock ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/3 "2010-11-05T16:41:51Z")
_“All aboard the family coach It’s leaving Greenband Road Christmas 1981, Christmas when it snowed”_ ‘Family Coach’, written by Stephen Duffy (I’m certain he recorded it but can’t find any info) and covered by Robbie Williams in 2005. Amazing, amazing song. _“I’m older than my years Drowning in my tears Surrounded by the fear Since you went away, a year ago, at Christmas”_ Sugababes - ‘New Year’. This one is arguable because it was released as a single in December 2000 but really has nothing at all to do with the holiday, it’s just a relationship-breakdown ballad that happens to have the word “Christmas” in it. _“I remember back one year when daddy had no money Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up And stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were from me Cause daddy couldn’t buy 'em I’ll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying”_ Eminem - ‘Mockingbird’, rapped/sung as if it were a letter to his daughter. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/4 "2010-11-05T16:51:11Z")
There’s Art Alexakis whinging about the folks who" have never had the joy of a welfare Christmas" on Everclear’s “I Will Buy You a New Life”. I would have posted this sooner but I couldn’t remember which whiney ass song of theirs this line is from. Needless to say I had to wade through a lot of self pitying crap before I hit the crybab jackpot. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/5 "2010-11-05T16:55:55Z")
Dick in a Box by Lonely Island ---
**Author:** ![Dolly\_Madison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Dolly\_Madison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolly_Madison)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/6 "2010-11-05T16:58:18Z")
“Every day is Christmas, And every night is a New Year’s Eve…” –Sade “sweetest taboo” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/7 "2010-11-05T17:02:07Z")
I don’t think anyone would describe Prince’s “Another Lonely Christmas” as “Christmassy.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/8 "2010-11-05T17:06:10Z")
**From Jim Croce’s “Photographs and Memories”:** Photographs and memories, Christmas cards you sent to me. All that I have are these To remember you. **Or Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish”:** Looking back on when I was a little nappy headed boy, And my only worrry was, for Christmas, what would be my toy? ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/9 "2010-11-05T17:12:52Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I don’t think anyone would describe Prince’s “Another Lonely Christmas” as “Christmassy.” I wondered if I should include that but then it opened up questions about other songs - ‘Fairytale Of New York’ doesn’t sound Christmassy either but it is most definitely a Christmas song, so I wasn’t sure whether to include it. I feel the same about ‘Another Lonely Christmas’. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/10 "2010-11-05T17:13:11Z")
**Or Bobby Goldsboro’s cheesy #1 hit “Honey”:** She was always young at heart Kinda dumb and kinda smart and I loved her so. And I surprised her with a puppy Kept me up all Christmas Eve two years ago. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/11 "2010-11-05T17:15:03Z")
“Wasted Words” by the Allman Brothers _Ain’t no saint, sure ain’t no savior, every other Christmas, I’d practice good behavior_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/12 "2010-11-05T17:16:16Z")
**From “Beautiful White” by the Pursuit of Happiness:** I bought her that sweater for Christmas, Now it lies on the floor. One black sock, then another black sock, She is hidden no more. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/13 "2010-11-05T17:21:08Z")
I’ve mentioned this one before, but… “Last Christmas” by _Wham!_. It mentions Christmas in the title and in the opening line, but it is decidedly un-Christmassy. That’s why I get a bit irked when radio stations play it as part of their Yuletide programming. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/14 "2010-11-05T17:24:51Z")
“Christmas” by the Who from **Tommy**. It certainly takes place on Christmas, but it does describe a pretty miserable holiday. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/15 "2010-11-05T17:35:48Z")
(final line, spoken, well shouted) This year, CHRISTMAS, will be OURS! Nightmare Before Christmas Jack’s Obsession ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/16 "2010-11-05T18:07:31Z")
Stevie Wonder’s “I Just Called to Say I Love You”. Basically runs through every holiday on the calendar (to indicate that there is no special occasion regarding which the singer is calling), naturally concluding with “no giving gifts and other Christmas joys you bring.” It’s just as well that the song predates Martin Luther King Day. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/17 "2010-11-05T18:08:23Z")
And the fact that none of these songs are the least big Christmas-y does not stop the local soft rock station from adding them to their “all Christmas songs all the time!” line up starting the day after Thanksgiving. The Wham! song alone is enough to make me want to ask the FCC to revoke their license. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/18 "2010-11-05T18:26:39Z")
I love Wham! and even I don’t want to hear ‘Last Christmas’ around December. Any other time of the year it’s fine, which probably says a lot about how un-Christmassy it really is. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/19 "2010-11-05T18:48:12Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZAFPuS10-nk/hqdefault.jpg "Weezer - Christmas Celebration") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAFPuS10-nk) Weezer - Christmas Celebration not Christmassy, although, obviously, about Christmas ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587/20 "2010-11-05T18:56:19Z")
“Six AM, day after Christmas I throw some clothes on in the dark…” Ben Folds Five, “Brick”. About abortion, not Christmas. “I don’t love anything Not even Christmas Especially not that I don’t love anything” Belle & Sebastian, “I Don’t Love Anyone” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christmassy-songs-that-mention-christmas-in-the-lyrics/559587.md?page=2)