I Believe in Father Christmas

They said there'll be snow at Christmas

They said there'll be peace on Earth

But instead it just kept on raining

A vale of tears for the virgin birth

I remember one Christmas morning

A winter's light and a distant choir

And the peal of a bell and that Christmas-tree smell

And their eyes full of tinsel and fire

They sold me a dream of Christmas

They sold me a Silent Night

They told me a fairy story

Till I believed in the Israelite

And I believed in Father Christmas

And I looked to the sky with excited eyes

Then I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn

And I saw him and through his disguise

I wish you a hopeful Christmas

I wish you a brave New Year

All anguish, pain and sadness

Leave your heart and let your road be clear

They said there'd be snow at Christmas

They said there'd be peace on Earth

Hallelujah Noël, be it Heaven or Hell

The Christmas we get, we deserve