Christmas is not all it's cracked up to be   Families fighting around a plastic tree   Nothing on the TV that you'd want to see      And it's hardly ever snowing the way it's meant to be   Like in white Christmas year after year   Bing Crosby, Bring Crosby, are you listening to me?      It doesn't often snow at Christmas   The way it's meant to do   But I'll still have a glow at Christmas   Because I'll be with you      The Christmas message was long ago lost   Now it's all about shopping and how much things cost   It's meant to be goodwill as well as synthetic fun   And what this is this year's festive number one      It doesn't often snow at Christmas   The way it's meant to do   But I'll still have a glow at Christmas   Because I'll be with you      Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year