Kim wasn't up for extra shifts this fall
Now she's happy that she even has a job at all
No visits in department stores from old St. Nick
Cuz every Santa Claus in town is trying to not get sick

His group is high risk, but magically
On this Christmas Eve
He'll supply and leave
In and out like thieves
On a sleigh he'll be cuz he's the contactless delivery OG

Dave can't afford to fix his Hyundai Sonata, he has student loan goals and they cost him a lotta
Hours of working in the retail, checking his email
Waiting on takers for his motorcycle on resale
We were stoked this year, now we're broke this year
Too many people in the same damn boat this year
But we do so well, what do know well
So we're doing what we can for this new Noel

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We just wanna be with the family
In the presence of the presents and the Christmas tree
Will next year be worse I don't agree
But I guess it would be wiser not to jinx ourselves
Not many in our list of cars
We can get with money from our Christmas cards
So we'll have to wish upon a Christmas star
Or make a list for Santa Claus and all of his essential elves

Martin sold his 04 Malibu, it's fine
He ain't waiting in a line for a PS5
Gonna ride in his older brother's GTI
Going curbside, no more long lines, and wait times
Writing Santa Claus for an MX-5
Cuz games don't clear the mind like a midnight drive

Hasn't been to see his mom, it's been so long
Doing everything right but it still goes wrong
Feeling powerless inside, used to feel so strong
Wants to make this disappear but there'll be no wand
So he'll try and make the most cuz there's no respawn
Be dawn in a world of dusk and hope your world responds

Gonna try and do his best to stay positive
Maybe in a way optimism is causative
Taking all the fear that his world has been causin' him
And put it into cheer til he feels there's a piece of the Claus in him

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No mistletoe, there's no kiss, there's no way
No big lists, we gift thrift and homemade
Just one wish, no pink slip and hope they
Meet the deductible and their co-pay

If we're stocking up
Fill my stocking up
I'm not going out to bars, no more knocking cups
But if we're knocking cups, it's with nog in cups
Keep the family all together like we're reindeer
Pulling a sled together through the fog cuz it rains here
Navigating the highs and the lows of terrain here
Trusting that life will one day be the same here
Maybe the gift we need is what we keep through the pain here
So take care of yourself
Take care of your elves
Take care of the world around you it's a part of yourselves
Do it the whole year-round like you're stocking your shelves
Not every day leading to Christmas comes as part of the twelve

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