Misc Originals – David Warmke - Christmas (Guitar)

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The season we love, a season of gifts

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Starts now in October, right after Halloween

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A season of parties, endless shopping, then gifts galore

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A season of exhaustion, loneliness and emptiness

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The best and worst all wrapped together in pretty paper

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It did not start like this

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300 years ago is was a pagan holiday of drunken revelry

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Then Charles Dickens A Christmas Story changed it all

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It’s a Wonderful Life gave new meaning

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White Christmas, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

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Eggnog family gathering all wholesome

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Johnny Cash’s The Christmas Guest the best

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The real Christmas is now almost gone, just Happy Holidays remain

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Is that pagans lostness now wining again

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Now just a make it or break it day for retail

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A season of maxed out credit cards

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Fleeting moments of glee, all gone when the party ends

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The 12 days of Christmas now lost, Epiphany totally unknown

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A story so simple, all in the bible

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The best documented book and story of all history

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Its not totally lost

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Its history preserved

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You don’t even have to read

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Just watch the videos on your phone, computer or TV

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You tube you can find It’s a Wonderful Llife

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Johnny Cash’s The Christmas Guest

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A video archeologist can find the real Christmas here

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A season of Love, our creators love for us

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 “And suddenly there was with the angel a

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multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

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Glory to God in the highest,

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and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

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This the real gift of Christmas, look for those who have received  it

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Merry Christmas  and a Happy New Year

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Merry Christmas  and a Happy New Life

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Merry Christmas New Braunfels

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Merry Christmas New Braunfels