Suddenly It's Christmas Songtext
von Loudon Wainwright III

Suddenly it′s Christmas, right after Halloweeen.
Forget about Thanksgiving;
It's just a buffet in between.
There′s lights and tinsel in the windows;
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 the ears of Indian corn.
Dragging through the falling leaves
In a one-horse open sleigh,
Suddenly it′s Christmas,
Seven weeks before the day.


CHORUS:
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.
It's not over till it′s over
And you throw away the tree.

Outside it's positively balmy,
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 heartache,
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.
It′s not over till it′s over
And you throw away the tree.

No, it's not over till it′s over
And you throw away the tree;
It's still not over till it′s over
And you throw away the tree.