So This Is Christmas (John Lennon) ♥️

About the song So This Is Christmas

“So This Is Christmas” is a Christmas song written by John Lennon and originally released in 1971 as a single by John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir. The song was Lennon’s second solo single after the dissolution of The Beatles, and it was accompanied by a short film of the same name.

The song is a melancholy ballad about alienation and loneliness in the modern world. The lyrics describe a world filled with noise and chaos, where people are disconnected from each other and from themselves. The song’s message is that we need to find silence in the midst of the noise in order to hear ourselves and each other.

“So This Is Christmas” is characterized by its stark arrangement, Lennon’s plaintive vocals, and the haunting melody. The song’s tempo is slow and deliberate, and the lyrics are delivered with a sense of resignation and despair.

Here are some additional facts about the song:

• The song was inspired by the 1961 novel “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger.
• The song was originally written for musical production of “West Side Story”.
• The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1994.

“So This Is Christmas” has become a timeless classic and a staple of pop culture. The song has been covered by numerous artists, including Disturbed, Cassandra Wilson, and James Blake. It has also been featured in numerous films and television shows, including “The Graduate”, “The West Wing”, and “The Simpsons”.

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So This Is Christmas Lyrics

So this is Christmas
And what have you done?
Another year over
A new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones
The old and the young

A very Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas (ooh)
For weak and for strong (ooh)
For rich and the poor ones (ooh)
The war is so long (ooh)
And so happy Christmas (war is over)
For black and for white (if you want it)
For yellow and red ones (war is over)
Let’s stop all the fight (now)

A very Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas (ooh)
And what have we done? (Ooh)
Another year over (ooh)
A new one just begun (ooh)
And so happy Christmas (war is over)
We hope you have fun (if you want it)
The near and the dear ones (war is over)
The old and the young (now)

a very Merry Christmas
(And a Happy New Year) ooh, oh
(Let’s hope it’s a good one) it’ a good, it’s a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas (war is over)
And what have we done? (If you want it)
Another year over (war is over)
A new one just begun (now)