Suddenly It's Christmas

Suddenly it's Christmas

Right after Hallowe'en

Forget about Thanksgiving

It's just a buffet in between.

There's lights and tinsel in the window

They're stocking up the shelves.

Santa's slaving at the North Pole

In his sweatshop full of elves.

There's got to be a build-up

To the day that Christ was born.

The halls are decked with pumpkins

And ears of Indian corn.

Dragging through the falling leaves

In a one-horse open sleigh.

Suddenly it's Christmas

Seven weeks before the day.

Suddenly it's Christmas

The longest holiday.

When they say 'Season's Greetings'

They mean just what they say.

It's a season, it's a marathon

Retail eternity

And it's not over til it's over

And you throw away the tree.

Outside it's positively balmy/barmy

In the air nary a nip.

Suddenly it's Christmas

Unbuttoned and unzipped.

Yes, they're working overtime

Santa's little runts.

Christmas comes but once a year

And goes on for two months.

Christmas carols in December

And November too.

It's no wonder we're depressed

When the whole thing is through.

Finally it's January

Let's sing Auld Lang Syne

But here comes another party

Shaped like a Valentine.

Suddenly it's Christmas

The longest holiday.

The season is upon us

A pox! It won't go away.

It's a season, it's a marathon

Retail eternity.

And it's not over til it's over

And you throw away the tree.

No it's not over til it's over

And you throw away the tree.

It's still not over til it's over

And you throw away the tree.