A Christmastime Toast

Astro Zombie — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:16:16 -0800

Part of my Old Songs project. An unnecessarily melancholy Christmas song from 1999.

I suspect I must have been listening to A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector when I wrote this song, as it seems to me it really should be played with a full Wall of Sound behind it, and sung by somebody with as soulful a voice as can be mustered. Instead, it's just me strumming my ukulele and warbling, and that will have to do. Since the song's lyrics are so tinged with regret, it's pretty obvious to me that it was written in the late 90s when I was in Omaha -- I'd say it was written about 1999. It's odd to me, in retrospect, that so many of my songs were written from the point of view of someone looking back on a failed relationship that ended years ago. I was then in a relationship, and, while it had its troubles and eventually ended, it was hardly the sort of thing that would have me imagining that sometime in the future, I would look back and feel a terrible ache of loss. Perhaps I was just being dramatic. "A CHRISTMASTIME TOAST" LYRICS: Is it already Christmastime Christmastime again This house is empty that once was full Do you remember when The stockings we hung Gifts under the tree Kisses under the mistletoe One kiss for you and one kiss for me Now all I have is a photograph Of the Christmas we had then Is it already Christmastime Christmastime again I still have that card you sent Do you still have mine This Christmas I will toast your health With a single glass of wine No stockings now No gifts, no tree I haven't hung the mistletoe There will be no kisses for me But I will walk down Steeple Lane To hear the churchbells chime And then return to an empty house Again this Christmastime

By: roombythelake

roombythelake — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:41:44 -0800

This goes nicely with "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" for great melancholy Christmas tunes.

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A Christmastime Toast

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