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Here are a number of Christmas songs to help you get in the mood for a simple Christmas. They’re written and submitted by a variety of individuals and groups and compiled on the New American Dream web-site.
Some of the merchandising products in the lyrics are a bit dated, but the focus is still the same. If you feel your Christmas spending habits are out of control, sing a couple of these to get things in perspective.
Buy and Sell
(tune of: Silver Bells)
(words by Erica Avery)
City Sidewalks busy sidewalks
lined with advertising
It’s the big retail season of Christmas
Children begging for each new thing
toys for mile after mile
and the mood of the season is clear
Buy and Sell (Buy and Sell)
Buy and Sell (Buy and Sell)
It’s Christmas time for consumers
Ching-a-ching (Ching-a-ching)
Cash registers ring (Cash registers ring)
Must we spend Christmas this way?
Maxing credit, running debits
buying things we don’t need
with money we don’t really have
Children crying, parents sighing
no time for family
and the reason behind it is clear
Buy and Sell (Buy and Sell)
Buy and Sell (Buy and Sell)
It’s Christmas time for consumers
Ching-a-ching (Ching-a-ching)
Cash registers ring (Cash registers ring)
Must we spend Christmas this way?
Consumer Wonderland
(tune of: Winter Wonderland)
(words by Erica Avery)
The TV’s on / are you watching?
Another product / that they’re hawking
one more thing you need
to make life complete
Welcome to Consumer Wonderland
In the stores / you will hear it
“Pricey gifts / show holiday spirit”
That’s what they call it
to get to your wallet
Welcome to Consumer Wonderland
At the mall we can go out shopping
and buy lots of stuff we can’t afford
we’ll have lots of fun with our new toys
until we realize that we’re still bored
When you shop / ain’t it thrilling
until / you get the billing
the money you still owe the stuff broke long ago
Welcome to Consumer Wonderland
Carol of the Toys
(tune of: Carol of the bells)
(words by Erica Avery)
High voices: Barbie Dream House Mi-ickey Mouse Beanie Babies Tamagotchis
Low Voices: Too Much stu- -uff
High voices: Cabbage Patch Dolls Ninja Turtles Super Nintendo Tickle-me-Elmo
Low voices: Too much Stu -uff
Repeat, changing key each time
HARK! THE NINJA TURTLES SING!
Hark the Ninja Turtles sing
Kid-dy marketing is king.
Fun to watch, expertly styled
To manipulate my child.
Garfield, Bettlejuice ‘n Tickle-me Elmo,
Ma I need it, ‘every child wails
Care Bears, Super Mario
Brainwashed, but they’ll never know
Hark the Ninja Turtles sing
Thriving thanks to your offspring
Hark the New Kids On The Block
Making millions ’round the clock
Ten year olds they hypnotize
Into needing merchandise
Time that should be spent on telling
Christmas truths instead of selling
Muppet Babies, Kid ‘n Play
Barbie for the holiday
“Hark,” commercialism sings
“Watch our programs and buy our things.”‘
UH OH WE’RE IN THE RED, DEAR
(Sung to the tune of Rudolph the red-nose reindeer)
Uh oh we’re in the red, dear
On our credit card it shows
Christmas is almost over
But the debit line still grows
Shopping like Santa’s zombies
Sent our budget down in flames
But all our Christmas spirit
Helped the giant retail chains
I’m so foggy Christmas Eve
Wondering how we’ll pay
Christmas doesn’t seem so bright
When our finances are tight
So here’s a plan for next year
Let’s forget the shopping spree
Let’s give a gift of love, so
All our Christmas gifts are free
JINGLE ALL THE WAY
Chorus: Profits here, profits there,
profits everywhere
Christmas time is funny,
we smell money in the air
Advertise, glamorize,
fool you with a flair.
Let’s make sure that Christmas
is a businesslike affair.
You’re eating up our lies and dashing to the stores Then all our prices rise and how the money pours
If we don’t keep you drugged and watching your TV You might see the hypocrisy then where would business be?
Chorus
We’ll tell you how to think and tell you what to try
What to eat and drink and how to live and die
And if our plan succeeds, when Christmas-time is nigh
Instead of seeking love and peace you’ll hunt for gifts to buy
Chorus
GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
Slow down ye frantic shoppers for there’s something we must say
If you would spare a moment all the stores would go away
Big business has been telling us what Christmas means today
Now it’s time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves
Yes it’s time we decided for ourselves.
To some folks Christmas means a time for gathering with friends
And enemies might take it as a time to make amends
But TV says it’s time for pricey gifts and selfish ends
Now it’s time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves
Yes it’s time we decided for ourselves.
Some people feel that Christmas is when Jesus makes a call
For others it’s a time to stress good will and peace to all
But advertisers tell us it means Santa’s at the mall
Now it’s time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves
Yes it’s time we decided for ourselves.Recommended: Zen to Done Productivity eBookThe Ultimate Simple Productivity System
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Here are a number of Christmas songs to help you get in the mood for a simple Christmas. They’re written and submitted by a variety of individuals and groups and compiled on the New American Dream web-site.
Some of the merchandising products in the lyrics are a bit dated, but the focus is still the same. If you feel your Christmas spending habits are out of control, sing a couple of these to get things in perspective.
Buy and Sell
(tune of: Silver Bells)
(words by Erica Avery)
City Sidewalks busy sidewalks
lined with advertising
It’s the big retail season of Christmas
Children begging for each new thing
toys for mile after mile
and the mood of the season is clear
Buy and Sell (Buy and Sell)
Buy and Sell (Buy and Sell)
It’s Christmas time for consumers
Ching-a-ching (Ching-a-ching)
Cash registers ring (Cash registers ring)
Must we spend Christmas this way?
Maxing credit, running debits
buying things we don’t need
with money we don’t really have
Children crying, parents sighing
no time for family
and the reason behind it is clear
Buy and Sell (Buy and Sell)
Buy and Sell (Buy and Sell)
It’s Christmas time for consumers
Ching-a-ching (Ching-a-ching)
Cash registers ring (Cash registers ring)
Must we spend Christmas this way?
Consumer Wonderland
(tune of: Winter Wonderland)
(words by Erica Avery)
The TV’s on / are you watching?
Another product / that they’re hawking
one more thing you need
to make life complete
Welcome to Consumer Wonderland
In the stores / you will hear it
“Pricey gifts / show holiday spirit”
That’s what they call it
to get to your wallet
Welcome to Consumer Wonderland
At the mall we can go out shopping
and buy lots of stuff we can’t afford
we’ll have lots of fun with our new toys
until we realize that we’re still bored
When you shop / ain’t it thrilling
until / you get the billing
the money you still owe the stuff broke long ago
Welcome to Consumer Wonderland
Carol of the Toys
(tune of: Carol of the bells)
(words by Erica Avery)
High voices: Barbie Dream House Mi-ickey Mouse Beanie Babies Tamagotchis
Low Voices: Too Much stu- -uff
High voices: Cabbage Patch Dolls Ninja Turtles Super Nintendo Tickle-me-Elmo
Low voices: Too much Stu -uff
Repeat, changing key each time
HARK! THE NINJA TURTLES SING!
Hark the Ninja Turtles sing
Kid-dy marketing is king.
Fun to watch, expertly styled
To manipulate my child.
Garfield, Bettlejuice ‘n Tickle-me Elmo,
Ma I need it, ‘every child wails
Care Bears, Super Mario
Brainwashed, but they’ll never know
Hark the Ninja Turtles sing
Thriving thanks to your offspring
Hark the New Kids On The Block
Making millions ’round the clock
Ten year olds they hypnotize
Into needing merchandise
Time that should be spent on telling
Christmas truths instead of selling
Muppet Babies, Kid ‘n Play
Barbie for the holiday
“Hark,” commercialism sings
“Watch our programs and buy our things.”‘
UH OH WE’RE IN THE RED, DEAR
(Sung to the tune of Rudolph the red-nose reindeer)
Uh oh we’re in the red, dear
On our credit card it shows
Christmas is almost over
But the debit line still grows
Shopping like Santa’s zombies
Sent our budget down in flames
But all our Christmas spirit
Helped the giant retail chains
I’m so foggy Christmas Eve
Wondering how we’ll pay
Christmas doesn’t seem so bright
When our finances are tight
So here’s a plan for next year
Let’s forget the shopping spree
Let’s give a gift of love, so
All our Christmas gifts are free
JINGLE ALL THE WAY
Chorus: Profits here, profits there,
profits everywhere
Christmas time is funny,
we smell money in the air
Advertise, glamorize,
fool you with a flair.
Let’s make sure that Christmas
is a businesslike affair.
You’re eating up our lies and dashing to the stores Then all our prices rise and how the money pours
If we don’t keep you drugged and watching your TV You might see the hypocrisy then where would business be?
Chorus
We’ll tell you how to think and tell you what to try
What to eat and drink and how to live and die
And if our plan succeeds, when Christmas-time is nigh
Instead of seeking love and peace you’ll hunt for gifts to buy
Chorus
GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
Slow down ye frantic shoppers for there’s something we must say
If you would spare a moment all the stores would go away
Big business has been telling us what Christmas means today
Now it’s time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves
Yes it’s time we decided for ourselves.
To some folks Christmas means a time for gathering with friends
And enemies might take it as a time to make amends
But TV says it’s time for pricey gifts and selfish ends
Now it’s time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves
Yes it’s time we decided for ourselves.
Some people feel that Christmas is when Jesus makes a call
For others it’s a time to stress good will and peace to all
But advertisers tell us it means Santa’s at the mall
Now it’s time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves
Yes it’s time we decided for ourselves.Recommended: Zen to Done Productivity eBookThe Ultimate Simple Productivity System