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Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
White Christmas
By Irving Berlin
Winter Wonderland
By Felix Bernard and Dick Smith
7. cold
8. weather
9. grow
10. small road
11. a cold feeling
12. jump and play energetically
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Santa Baby
By J. Javits and P. Springer
Santa Baby, just flick1 a sable2 under the tree for me.
been3 an awful4 good girl Santa Baby,
so hurry down the chimney5 tonight.
Santa Baby a '54 convertible6 too, light blue,
I'll wait up7 for you, dear,
Santa Baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight.
Think of all the fun I've missed7!
Think of all the fellas8 that I haven't kissed!
Next year I could be just as good
if you check off9 my Christmas list.
Santa Baby, I want a yacht10 and really, that's not a lot.
Been an angel all year, Santa Baby, so hurry down the chimney
tonight.
Santa honey, one little thing I really need, the deed11
to a platinum12 mine13,
Santa Baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight,
Santa cutie, and fill my stocking with a duplex14 and checks15.
Sign your X16 on the line, Santa cutie, and hurry down the chimney
tonight.
Come and trim17 my Christmas tree
with some decorations bought at Tiffany18.
I really do believe in you19; let's see if you believe in me.
Santa Baby, forgot to mention one little thing...
a ring. I don't mean on the phone, Santa Baby,
so hurry down the chimney tonight.
Hurry down the chimney tonight.
Hurry tonight.
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1. throw
2. an expensive fur
3. I've been
4. very, extremely (the correct form is "awfully")
5. the part of the house where fireplace smoke travels: up,
through the roof, and into the air; the lowest part of the
chimney, that people can see and where the fire is lit
(inside the living room or kitchen) is called a fireplace;
Santa Claus enters each house by landing his flying sleigh on
the roof; then he jumps, with his bag of toys, down the
chimney and comes out of the fireplace in the living room
6. a popular car of the '50s, with a top that opens up
7. the naughty fun that I've avoided doing in order to be a good
"girl"
8. men
9. give me each thing I asked for on the list
10. a boat, good for vacationing and holding parties
11. owner's papers
12. an expensive metal
13. the place where expensive metals (gold, silver, platinum) are
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found
14. a two-level apartment
15. checks for cash
16. signature
17. decorate
18. a famous jewelry store on Fifth Avenue (actually Tiffany's)
19. believe that you are a real person
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Christmas Time
By Sayde Shepard
'Twas1 the night before Christmas and all through the house
not a creature2 was stirring3, not even a mouse.
Suddenly I heard a strange noise
down below4, so in my flannel5 pajamas I went tippy toe6.
I could see old Saint Nick7 from the spot8 where I stood,
so I slipped9 down the bannister10 just as fast as I could.
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front
teeth...
See my two front teeth!
Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth, then I could wish
you Merry Christmas!
It seems so long since I could say
"Sister Susie sitting on a thistle.11"
Every time I try to speak all I do is whistle.
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front
teeth...
See my two front teeth.
Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth, then I could wish
you Merry Christmas!
[interlude]
Good old Santa Claus and all his reindeer12...
They used to bring me lots of toys and candy.
Gee, but now when I go out and call Dancer13, Prancer, Donner and
Blitzen, none of them can understand me!
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front
teeth...
See my two front teeth?
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth so I can wish you
Merry Christmas! Christmas...Christmas. Oh, for goodness sakes,
Happy New Year!
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1. It was (The first two lines of this song are the first two
lines of the famous poem, A Visit From Saint Nicholas, by
Clement Moore, who lived in Chelsea, NYC)
2. animal or person
3. moving
4. downstairs
5. soft cotton material
6. walking quietly on the toes
7. Santa Claus
8. place
9. slid
10. the bar along a staircase
11. a tongue twister that is hard to pronounce without front
teeth
12. the eight magic deer that pull Santa's sleigh through the air
13. four of Santa's eight reindeer
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Away in a Manger
Sing, alleluia,
All ye choirs of angels;
O sing, all ye blissful ones of heav'n above.
Glory to God -
In the highest glory!
O Christmas Tree
Silent Night