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Christmas traditions and superstitions

In many romanian villages, in Christmas Eve, exists the tradition to smear the cattles and stables with garlic to keep away the bad spiritis. The people are smeared as well with garlic on the forehead,...

Christmas comes but once a year

Christmas comes, but once a year is enough.

Christmas on the balcony, Easter by the fire.

Christmas has been talked of so long that it has come at last.

Christmas in mud, Easter in snow.

I saw three ship

I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day, on Christmas day.
I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day in the morning.

And what was in those ships all three,
On Christmas day, on Christmas day?...

O Christmas Tree:

O Christmas Tree,
O Christmas Tree,
How steadfast are
your branches!
Your boughs are green
in summer's clime
And through the snows
of wintertime.
O Christmas Tree,
O Christmas Tree,
How steadfast are
your...

The twelfth days of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas
We gave our loving dad
A most lovely lavender tie

On the second day of Christmas
We gave our loving dad
Two silken scarfs,
And a most lovely lavender tie.

On the third...

We wish you a merry Christmas:

We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy New Year.
Glad tidings we bring
To you and your kin;
Glad tidings for Christmas
And a happy New Year!

We want some figgy pudding...

Blue Christmas

I'll have a blue Christmas without you.
I'll be so blue thinking about you.
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree,
Won't mean a thing if you're not here with me.

And when the blue snowflakes start falling,...

Caroling, caroling

Caroling, caroling, now we go,
Christmas bells are ringing.
Caroling, caroling thru the snow,
Christmas bells are ringing.
Joyous voices sweet and clear
Sing the sad of heart to cheer.
Ding dong, ding dong,...

White Christmas:

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow.
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

With every Christmas card I write...

Carol of the bells

Hark, how the bells, sweet silver bells,
All seem to say, Throw cares away.
Christmas is here, bringing good cheer
To one and old, meek and the bold.
Ding, dong, ding-dong, that is their song,
With joyful ring, all...

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas,
Only a hippopotamus will do.
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy,
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy.
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.
I don't...

All I want for Christmas

Every body stops and stares at me,
These two teeth are gone as you can see.
I don't know just who to blame for this catastrophe!
But my one wish on Christmas Eve is as plain as it can be!

All I want for...

The Chipmunk song

Christmas, Christmas time is near,
Time for toys and time for cheer.
We've been good, but we can't last.
Hurry, Christmas, hurry fast.
Want a plane that loops the loop.
Me, I want a hula-hoop.
We can hardly stand...

Merry Christmas, Darling

Greeting cards have all been sent,
The Christmas rush is through,
But I still have one more wish to make,
A special one for you.

Merry Christmas, Darling
We're apart, that's true,
But I can dream, and in...

I'll Be Home For Christmas:

I'll be home for Christmas
You can count on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents on the tree

Christmas Eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams...

Silver beels:

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style;
In the air there's a feeling of Christmas Children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile, And on every street corner you hear.

Silver bells, silver...