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I?m looking forward to Christmas
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It?s sentimental I know, but I just really like it
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I?m , I?m hardly religious
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I?d rather break bread with Dawkins than Desmond Tutu to be honest
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And yes I have all of the usual objections to consumerism
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The commercialisation of an ancient religion

And the western-isation of a dead Palestinian
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Press-ganged into selling PlayStations and beer
                     C5
But I still really like it.

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I, I really like Christmas
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Though I?m not expecting a visit from Jesus
                   C5
I?ll be seeing my dad
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My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum
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They?ll be drinking white wine in the sun
                   C5
I?ll be seeing my dad
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My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum
                                    Bb5
We?ll be drinking white wine in the sun.

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I don?t go for ancient wisdom
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I don?t believe just ?cause ideas are tenacious it means that they?re worthy
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I get freaked out by churches
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Some of the hymns that they sing have nice chords but the lyrics are dodgy
               C5
And yes I have all of the usual objections
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To the mis-education of children forced into a cult institution

And taught to externalise blame

And to feel ashamed
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And to judge things as plain right and wrong
                      C5
But I quite like the songs.

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I?m not expecting big presents
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The old combination of socks, jocks and chocolate is just fine by me.
                          C5
?Cause I?ll be seeing my dad
    C5                                 D5
My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum
                                       Bb5
They?ll be drinking white wine in the sun
                   C5
I?ll be seeing my dad
   C5                                  D5
My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum
                                       Bb5
They?ll be drinking white wine in the sun.

    Bb5
And you my baby girl
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My jetlagged infant daughter
           Bb5
You?ll be handed round the room
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Like a puppy at a primary school
    Bb5
And you?re too young to know
               F5
But you will learn yourself one day
          Bb5
That wherever you are and whatever you face
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These are the people who?ll make you feel safe in this world
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My sweet blue-eyed girl

        Bb5
And if my baby girl
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When you?re twenty-one or thirty-one
     Bb5
And Christmas comes around
         F5
And you find yourself nine thousand miles from home
        C5           C5
You?ll know whatever comes
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Your brother and sister, and me and your mum
                               Bb5
Will be waiting for you in the sun
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Girl, when Christmas comes
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Your brothers and sisters, your aunts and your uncles
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Your grandparents, cousins, and me and your mum
                                    Bb5
Will be drinking white wine in the sun
           F5
We?ll be waiting for you in the sun
Bb5
Baby, whenever you come
                                     F5
We?ll be drinking white wine in the sun
 Bb5
Waiting.

F5
I, I really like Christmas
           Bb5            F5
It?s sentimental I know.