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Social Studies, 1999
Written by Loudon Wainwright
A wry view of what Christmas really means by the master of deadpan skewering of social mores. The song begins with a typical, perhaps overly hokey, description of Christmas morning, with presents and stores being closed. It's almost a tender scene, via Wainwright's never-quite-serious pen: "He got a tie and she got a book / They weren't supposed to peek but they took a little look." But soon the song turns to the problem of the homeless, bigotry, and war, juxtaposing society's indifference or hostility with the ostensible ideal of Christmas. "And the Prince of peace was born on a Christmas Day / In the little town of Bethlehem not so far away / From where a multitude has gathered in a warlike way / On Christmas morning."
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