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The Last Tangerine
03:23
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I'm not a big spender but I'm not a Scrooge,
I can't cook a turkey but I'll order food,
I don't have crackers but I'll crack a joke or two
I'm not a skilled wrapper when it comes to gifts,
and not the best driver when it comes to lifts,
But the pre-paid Visa I’m re-gifting has a card
We’re all too cold to take off our sweaters
but not so old that a bad piano cover
of a holiday tune won’t turn this into a dance
The street plow buries us at 4AM
And the kids wake up just to shovel again,
while we supervise their snowmen in the yard
My mother’s in the kitchen like a Kung Fu Spartan
keeping fingers out of gravy and the eggnog carton
your great aunt scavenged all the chocolate brandy beans
It’s not too late for my Satchmo playlist,
You stack the plates and I’ll dry the dishes
Dad didn’t show cuz that’s what “I’m leaving” means.
The glue-gun wreath you hung is leaving pinecone chippings on the ground
Climb the ladder, fix the lights we probably will never take down
Someone left the furnace on, the stockings caught on fire
My christmas wish: a tip-toe kiss, no mistletoe required
If it came to it, we'd skip the trip and save on winter tires
If it wasn’t for our dissonance, we’d make a boring choir
Hang an ornament or three,
on our tiny plastic tree,
save the last tangerine for me.
Throw our cellphones in the snow,
while we name the stars we know,
save the last clementine for me
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O Come, O Come Emmanuel
03:09
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O come, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer
our spirits by thine advent here;
disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
and death's dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
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Tokyo Speirs Aylmer, Québec
I'm a gingerbearded music producer and songwriter, and if you twist my arm I'll sing.
I also like long walks on the beach, and hate sand in my sandwiches.
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