Originally performed by The Waitresses      Bah Hum.. No thats too strong!   Cause it's my favorite holiday   But all this years been a busy blur   Don't think I have the energy   to add to my already mad rush   just because it is the season    the perfect gift for me would be    completions and connections left from last year    world tour, aeroplanes and babies.    Met some guys but never the time    most of 98 was along those lines.       so deck the halls and trim those trees   raise up the cups of Christmas cheer   I just need to catch my breath    Christmas with my mates this year         Calendar picture   Frozen landscape   chill this room for twenty four days    evergreens, sparkling snow, get this winter over with   flash back to spring time,    sunny again   would have been good to go for lunch    couldn't agree when we were both free    we tried, we said we'd keep in touch,    we didn't of course till the summer time,   out to the beach to his boat could have joined him    no this time, it was me, sunburn in the third degree   now the calendars just one page   and of course I am excited   tonight's the night but I've set my mind    not to do too much about it.         Merry Christmas Merry Christmas   But I think I'll miss this one this year   Merry Christmas Merry Christmas   But I think I'll miss this one this year         Merry Christmas Merry Christmas   But I think I'll miss this one this year   Merry Christmas Merry Christmas   But I think I'll miss this one this year         Hardly dashing through the snow   cause I bundled up too tight    last minutes have-to-dos   a few cards, a few calls    because it's R S V P    no thanks, no party lads    it's christmas eve, gonna relax   turn down all of my invites    last fall I had a night to myself   some guy called halloween party    waited all night for him to show    this time his car wouldn't go    forget it, it's cold, it's getting late    trudge on home to celebrate    in a quite way I unwind,    doing christmas right this time          Merry Christmas Merry Christmas   But I think i'll miss this one this year   Merry Christmas Merry Christmas   But I think i'll miss this one this year         Tesco has provided me with the world's smallest turkey   all ready in the oven, nice and hot    oh damn, guess what I forgot    so it's on with the boots back out in the snow    to the army all night garage but when to my wondering eyes should appear    in the line that guy i've been chasing all year   spending this one alone he said   give me a break this years been crazy    I said me too, but why are you...    you mean you forgot the papers too    then suddenly we laughed and laughed    caught on to what was happening   Christmas magic's brought this down to a very happy en-ending.       Merry Christmas Merry Christmas   But I think I'll miss this one this year   Merry Christmas Merry Christmas   But I think I'll miss this one this year         Merry Christmas Merry Christmas   But I think I'll miss this one this year   Merry Christmas Merry Christmas   But I think I'll miss this one this year