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What do you celebrate?
When the air is cold and the sky is gray?
What do you celebrate?
On the longest nights and the shortest days?
What do you celebrate?
Maybe Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
What do you celebrate?
The story of a newborn babe
Growing up in Austin, I thought
Christmastime was extra fun
My family knew how to get us lost
In a winter flurry in the Texas sun
Live nativity at our downtown church
Tea-rings to show our Swedish pride
Singing carols in Fort Worth
With Gamma's cabbage on the side
What do you celebrate?
When your family gathers 'round the hearth?
What do you celebrate?
To warm your body and fill your heart?
(Hey Mils!) What do you celebrate?
A miracle of love and light
What do you celebrate?
Hanukkah for eight whole nights.
In the kitchen, hear the sizzle
Of taters, onions on the griddle
Frying latkes with my mum
Can I eat ‘em all? Oh yeah, yum yum!
Brooklyn party at the big menorah
Where the Casio keyboard plays the hora
Lift me up in the cherry picker
Light the candles, watch ‘em flicker
There're countless happy holidays
In the months of winter weather
Each culture has a special way
To lead us through the dark
We don't have to be the same
To celebrate together
So light the lights, burn your candles bright
And share your shining spark
What do you celebrate?
What do you celebrate?
(Hey Culture Queen!) What do you celebrate?
We celebrate Kwanzaa for seven days
What do you celebrate?
We honor our culture in many ways
With my fam in Maryland (yeah!)
Kwanzaa's where the party was at
We lit the candles of red, green and black
On the table where the Kinara sat
Seven principles to explore
We did the Kwanzaa Slide on the dancin' floor
Friends and family came from everywhere
To show how much they love and care
There're countless happy holidays
In the months of winter weather
Each culture has a special way
To lead us through the dark
We don't have to be the same
To celebrate together
So light the lights, burn your candles bright
And share your shining spark
(Hey Lucy!) What do you celebrate?
Juntos we prepare la cena
What do you celebrate?
Pasteles for la Nochebuena
What do you celebrate?
(Joe Kye, let's hear you!)
Seollal is Korean New Year
What do you celebrate?
When we party with family, spreading good cheer
What do you celebrate? (Little Miss Ann!)
Pretty stars that line the Filipino streets
What do you celebrate?
They're called Parols and they're holiday treats
What do you celebrate? (Come on, Cindy!)
Drinking wassail by candlelight
What do you celebrate?
Beauty can be found in the darkest night
(Andrés!) What do you celebrate?
Ya llega la Navidad (Christmas is coming)
What do you celebrate?
La Novena a rezar (The "Novena" we'll say)
What do you celebrate?
(How about you, Dean Jones?)
Who me? Boxing Day, eh?
What do you celebrate?
All the happy holidays!
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Family Christmas
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It's a family Christmas
All the family's here
It's a family Christmas
With all my near and dears
Another family Christmas
Another cup of cheer
It's a family Christmas
And all the family's here
It's a family Christmas
The kids are playing outside
My aunt is telling old stories
My dad just laughed till he cried
My mom is making a recipe
From her momma's side
It's a family Christmas
It's love personified
Today I'm missing my grandma
And all the songs she sang
Old fingers on the piano
Playing through the pain
And we're toasting my grandpa
The way he said the prayer
It's a family Christmas
And they're all right here
It's a family Christmas
Another family Christmas
It's a family Christmas
Presents under the tree
I hid one for my cousin
And spotted one for me
It doesn't matter what's in there
It's the love that counts
Cuz it's a family Christmas
There's love in every ounce
My uncle couldn't make it
And I don't know why
I tried to ask my momma
But it just made her cry
He'd always sing my favorite
"Great Balls of Fire"
It's a family Christmas
I hear his voice in the choir
It's a family Christmas
All the family's here
It's a family Christmas
With all my near and dears
Another family Christmas
Another cup of cheer
It's a family Christmas
And all the family's here
For my family it's Christmas
But what about for yours?
Is there a day that feels different
When all the feelings stir?
A holiday tradition
Full of joy & mirth?
For my family it's Christmas
What about for yours?
What's your family's Christmas?
What's your family's Christmas?
What's your family's Christmas?
Whatever your traditions
I wish your family the best
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Red Yarn Portland, Oregon
Red Yarn is a Texas-born, Oregon-based family performer who weaves folksongs & puppetry into engaging shows for all ages. With his energetic performances and lush folk-rock recordings, Red Yarn reinvigorates American folklore for younger generations.
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