There's Christmas in the air, they say,
But I'd have to disagree
Forgive me, it don't feel too much
like Christmastime to me
I trimmed the tree, put up the lights,
Lit the yule log too,
But Christmas just ain't Christmas
Without you
The carolers out in the street
Singing all your favorite songs
Just make me wish that you were back
In the place where you belong
I can't escape our memories
Of the Christmases we knew
And Christmas just ain't Christmas
Without you
The Christmas tree at the shopping mall,
Star shining up above
Old folks buying presents
For the people that they love
Everyone is hurrying, but I'm just drifting through
And Christmas just ain't Christmas
Without you
I'll still be hanging up my stocking,
Hoping that Santa brings
All I want for Christmas
More than anything
But when I wake up cold on Christmas morn
I know I'll just feel blue
'Cause Christmas just ain't Christmas,
No it just ain't Christmas
Christmas just ain't Christmas
Without you.
credits
released November 20, 2021
Tom Schreck: Lead vocal, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, ukulele, bass guitar, wurlitzer piano, pennywhistle, chromatic harmonica, bass melodica, percussion, synthesizer, string arrangement
Kiely Connell: Harmony vocal
Reed Pittman: Piano
Emily Nelson Rodgers: Cellos
Esther McMahon Sanders: Violins
Chris Lowry: Violas
David Rodgers: String tracking
Jason Hall: Pre-production tracking, mixing/mastering
Dean Tomasek: cover art
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