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  • If Christmas Sang
  • To
  • Me
  • By Paul Reisler with Paddy Dougherty and Mrs. Armstrong’s 3
  • rd
  • grade, Claude Thompson Elementary
  • If Christmas sang to me
  • I’d listen for the bells
  • I’d sing along in harmony
  • Peace and love would set us free
  • Chase away the darkness of the night
  • Bring us all the colors of the light
  • I’d believe, if Christmas sang to me
  • When I was a child
  • mom sang lullabies to help me sleep
  • Quiet me down and make me happy
  • It comforted me, it made me calm
  • milk and cookies and a bedtime song
  • with mom
  • If Christmas sang to me
  • I’d listen for the bells
  • I’d sing along in harmony
  • Peace and love would set us free
  • Chase away the darkness of the night
  • Bring us all the colors of the light
  • I’d believe, if Christmas sang to me
  • Decorate the tree
  • With ornaments we made so long ago
  • With all their memories and their meaning
  • Dad lifts me up to put the star on the top
  • Waiting up for Santa until we drop
  • with pop
  • Chorus
  • © Kid Pan Alley Music (ASCAP)/
  • Zoidsongs
  • (ASCAP) • [email protected]
  • Christmas in Tennessee
  • Gary Nicholson & Ms. Armstrong’s 2nd grade class
  • Maxwell Elementary
  • The leaves are changing colors
  • They’re falling off the trees
  • I know it won’t be long now
  • Until it’s Christmas in Tennessee
  • I hope somewhere Santa Claus
  • Is thinking about you and me
  • He’s
  • gonna
  • bring us lots of toys
  • When it’s Christmas in Tennessee
  • Long, long time ago in a land across the sea
  • God brought his light into the world to shine on you and me
  • With that little baby child, he showed us all what we could be
  • Every year, I think of him when it’s Christmas in Tennessee
  • This year I’m
  • gonna
  • think of him
  • When it comes to Christmas Eve
  • I know he lives in my heart
  • When it’s Christmas in Tennessee
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • know he’s here with me
  • When it’s Christmas in Tennessee
  • It Doesn’t Cost Anything
  • But
  • Love
  • by Paul Reisler, Cathy Fink & Ms. Elgin’s 2
  • nd
  • grade
  • It doesn’t cost anything but love
  • and it makes your heart feel
  • real
  • good
  • Brothers and sisters, family and friends
  • Christmas is a time for giving
  • Again and again
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • Draw you a picture, paint you a book
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • make it beautiful where ever you look
  • I’ll Pay you a visit bring You a bouquet
  • I
  • wanna
  • make you happy...I
  • wanna
  • make you happy... I’ve got something to say:
  • It doesn’t cost anything but love
  • and it makes your heart feel
  • real
  • good
  • Brothers and sisters, family and friends
  • Christmas is a time for giving
  • Again and again
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • Write you a poem, wrap it Up in a bow
  • Gonna
  • Slide down the chimney with a Ho - Ho - Ho
  • Here’s how I’m feeling about Christmas day
  • From my heart to yours...from my heart to yours...I want to say:
  • It doesn’t cost anything but love
  • and it makes your heart feel
  • real
  • good
  • Brothers and sisters, family and friends
  • Christmas is a time for giving
  • Again and again
  • Again and again
  • Again and again
  • “MERRY
  • CHRISTMAS !
  • I’m
  • Gonna
  • Build Me A Sandman for Christmas
  • Written by Paul Reisler, Heather Mae, and Ms.
  • Gusman’s
  • 3
  • rd
  • graders
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • roll up three balls of sand
  • And stack ‘
  • em
  • all up by hand
  • Add
  • opihi
  • for the eyes
  • Put seaweed on top
  • Give him a smile
  • As bright as the sun
  • Yeah, that would be fun
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • build me a sandman for Christmas
  • It never snows
  • Down here in Hawaii
  • And you can’t build a snowman
  • And you sure can’t ski
  • But you can go surfing everyday
  • Cause here in Hawaii we’ve got big waves
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • roll up three balls of sand
  • And stack ‘
  • em
  • all up by hand
  • Add
  • opihi
  • for the eyes
  • Put seaweed on top
  • Give him a smile
  • As bright as the sun
  • Yeah, that would be fun
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • build me a sandman for Christmas
  • It snows on Mauna Kea
  • And Mauna Loa
  • And if we climb up to the top
  • There’s something I’ll show
  • ya
  • The view above the clouds will blow your mind
  • Cause way up there is feels like your flying
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • roll up three balls of sand
  • And stack ‘
  • em
  • all up by hand
  • Add
  • opihi
  • for the eyes
  • Put seaweed on top
  • Give him a smile
  • As bright as the sun
  • Yeah, that would be fun
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • build me a sandman for Christmas
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • build me a sandman for Christmas
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • build me a sandman
  • Build me a sandman
  • Build me a sandman for Christmas
  • Tired of Jingle Bells
  • Paul Reisler, Maureen
  • Andary
  • & Mrs.
  • Hordge’s
  • Second Grade Class at Savoy Elementary
  • We make up dances and we make up moves
  • Secret handshakes and really cool grooves
  • But now it’s December, it must be time
  • For me and my friends to make a new Christmas Rhyme
  • I’m tired of jingle bells even if it rocks
  • And Santa is
  • comin
  • ’ to town way too much
  • So this year for Christmas I’ll write a new song
  • For you and me and everyone to sing all day long
  • I know Santa has his eye on me
  • And every night I see him in my dreams
  • I’ll give him a present, a brand new tune
  • And he’ll give me toys enough to fill up my room
  • I’m tired of jingle bells even if it rocks
  • And Santa is
  • comin
  • ’ to town way too much
  • So this year for Christmas I’ll write a new song
  • For you and me and everyone to sing all day long
  • I’m tired of jingle bells even if it rocks
  • And Santa is
  • comin
  • ’ to town way too much
  • So this year for Christmas I’ll write a new song
  • For you and me and everyone to sing all day long
  • Sing all day long
  • Sing all day long
  • Sing all day long
  • by Paul Reisler w/ Mr.
  • M
  • cGraff's
  • 3rd, 4th and 5th grades, Hall Elementary, Portland, ME
  • I thought I wanted to be Santa
  • Cookies and milk in an endless supply
  • I thought I wanted to be Santa
  • I'd fly through the sky and I'd never die
  • But I'd have to be fat
  • Have to work on Christmas Eve
  • And then there's the Grinch
  • And all the people who don't believe
  • all the people who don't believe
  • So forget it, I just give all these presents away
  • I regret it, I work all year with no pay
  • And the parents take the credit
  • So forget it
  • I thought I wanted to be Santa
  • Make kids smile and behave themselves
  • I thought I wanted to be Santa
  • Be famous with reindeer and pointy eared elves
  • But all the copy cats
  • Red suits in the mall
  • And the snow and the cold
  • And the chimneys are way too small
  • the chimneys are way too small
  • So forget it, I just give all these presents away
  • I regret it, I work all year with no pay
  • And the parents take the credit
  • So forget it
  • So forget it
  • ©
  • Kid Pan Alley
  • By Paul Reisler w/ Will Hopkins and students at Rappahannock Elementary
  • Some folks say those kids were dirty as a lump of coal
  • Put donuts on a plate, and they'll steal all the holes
  • Some folks say they're nothing but a bunch of pyros
  • But I don't think so, they really have hearts of gold
  • All you've
  • gotta
  • do is believe
  • They might steal your heart but they're not thieves
  • You can't judge a book by looking at the cover
  • You've
  • gotta
  • have faith and love one another
  • That's the magic of Christmas Eve All you've
  • gotta
  • do is believe
  • That's the magic of Christmas Eve All you've
  • gotta
  • do is believe
  • Maybe their parents didn't pay enough attention to them
  • They fought all they time '
  • cause
  • they didn't have any friends
  • they never got presents cause their parents had no money to spend
  • they didn't even know about the boy born in Bethlehem
  • All you've
  • gotta
  • do is believe
  • They might steal your heart but they're not thieves
  • You can't judge a book by looking at the cover
  • You've
  • gotta
  • have faith and love one another
  • That's the magic of Christmas Eve All you've
  • gotta
  • do is believe
  • That's the magic of Christmas Eve All you've
  • gotta
  • do is believe
  • Then it finally came to the night of the Christmas play
  • No one thought they'd be any good up on that stage
  • They taught all of us the meaning of Christmas day
  • When it was over, everyone was so amazed
  • All you've
  • gotta
  • do is believe
  • They might steal your heart but they're not thieves
  • You can't judge a book by looking at the cover
  • You've
  • gotta
  • have faith and love one another
  • That's the magic of Christmas Eve All you've
  • gotta
  • do is believe
  • That's the magic of Christmas Eve All you've
  • gotta
  • do is believe
  • Back When I Was Young
  • By Paul Reisler with Terri Allard &
  • Ms. Grogan’s 5th
  • grade
  • , Brownsville ES
  • Back when I was young
  • At Christmas time they put our presents in our shoes
  • That’s how we knew whose were whose
  • Our feet were small but our shoes were huge
  • Back when I was young
  • It snowed a lot way back then
  • We had to chop the wood and haul it in
  • We’d bundle up tight, have a snowball fight
  • Sled down the hill, take a nasty spill
  • Go home and read by the firelight
  • Back when I was young
  • At Christmas time they put our presents in our shoes
  • That’s how we knew whose were whose
  • Our feet were small but our shoes were huge
  • Back when I was young
  • We jumped the rope and played hopscotch
  • There was no T.V. for us to watch
  • We wrote songs and sang along
  • Passed the time, making up our rhymes
  • We were taught right from wrong
  • We stood on the shoulders
  • Of those who were older
  • They wanted things better for us
  • They worked harder
  • So we could go farther
  • We had to fill their shoes
  • That’s what we had to do
  • Back when I was young
  • At Christmas time they put our presents in our shoes
  • That’s how we knew whose were whose
  • Our feet were small but our shoes were huge
  • Back when I was young
  • Back when I was young
  • Back when I was young
  • Angel on Top Deep in Thought
  • by Paul Reisler and family and friends at
  • Abelsmith’s
  • Christmas Party
  • Fir and cedar, cinnamon and ginger
  • Smoke from the train underneath the tree
  • That’s what I remember from back in Virginia
  • Those Christmases that meant so much to me
  • But here in Australia it’s coconut sunblock
  • And
  • smokin
  • ’ fish on the Barbie
  • It’s dry and it’s hot, but snowing
  • it’s
  • not
  • Cause
  • it’s
  • summer where the kookaburra sings at the party
  • There’s an angel on top deep in thought
  • Dreaming about Christmases at Grandpa’s Farm
  • An angel on top lost in thought
  • Dreaming about Christmases a long time ago
  • Fox and hound dogs, horses and hunting
  • Hitching up the team, hauling in the tree
  • That what I remember from back in Virginia
  • Those Christmases that meant so much to me
  • But here in Australia it kangaroos and koalas
  • Swimming in the river with Charlie
  • It’s dry and it’s hot, and snowing
  • it’s
  • not
  • Cause
  • it’s
  • summer where the kookaburra sings at the party
  • Chorus
  • One Winter
  • Paul Reisler with Paddy Dougherty and Ms. Ragan’s 5
  • th
  • grade,
  • Thompson Elementary
  • We invited a snowman to Christmas dinner
  • He had nowhere else to go
  • He sat at the head of the table
  • But he wasn’t able to stay around too long
  • When we served the soup, he started to droop
  • We fed him ham, a really bad plan
  • We knew we were in trouble when we saw that really big puddle
  • He left under his chair
  • What would it be like to only have one winter to live
  • Would you do the things that scare you, would you dare to
  • Go to the beach and lie in the sun,
  • If you were made of snow would that be any fun
  • Would skating on thin ice be such bad advice
  • If you only had one winter to live
  • If you only had one winter to live
  • We invited a snowman to Christmas dinner
  • We wanted to know what’s it like
  • He had something important to say
  • About living everyday, as if it was your last
  • We asked him questions, he made suggestions
  • Stay in school, don’t be a fool
  • Open up your mind and don’t waste any time
  • And then he said goodbye
  • What would it be like to only have one winter to live
  • Would you do the things that scare you, would you dare to
  • Go to the beach and lie in the sun,
  • If you were made of snow would that be any fun
  • Would skating on thin ice be such bad advice
  • If you only had one winter to live
  • If you only had one winter to live
  • We invited a snowman to Christmas dinner we wanted to know what it’s like
  • We Forgot About Christmas
  • Paul Reisler with Paddy Dougherty & Ms. Edward’s 2nd grade, MM Pierce Elementary
  • We forgot about Christmas
  • And I can’t remember why
  • Maybe the lights weren’t turned on
  • No stars out in the sky
  • We forgot to light the candles
  • Never sang
  • Silent Night
  • We forgot about Christmas
  • It was a big surprise
  • Last year the only thing we got
  • Was a lump of coal in our Christmas
  • stocking
  • We didn’t even have a
  • tree,
  • I know that’s hard to believe
  • Isn’t that shocking
  • No turkey on the table, no TV or no cable
  • No wonder we forgot about Christmas
  • It was a real hard time
  • We forgot about Christmas
  • And I can’t remember why
  • Maybe the lights weren’t turned on
  • No stars out in the sky
  • We forgot to light the candles
  • Never sang
  • Silent Night
  • We forgot about Christmas
  • It was a big surprise
  • Last year, we didn’t sing Christmas carols
  • Everyone we knew had a bad case of the flu
  • They all had laryngitis, the elves were out to spite us
  • Even Rudolph’s nose turned blue
  • Silent Night
  • was noisy, we were stuck in New Jersey
  • No wonder we forgot about Christmas
  • It was a real hard time
  • We forgot about Christmas
  • There’s Something About Christmas
  • Paul Reisler with Paddy Dougherty & Ms. Smith’s 2nd grade, MM Pierce Elementary
  • There’s something about Christmas that I don’t understand
  • Jingle bells, reindeer and goodwill towards man
  • It’s the time of year snowmen come to life
  • When magic falls like snowflakes
  • And stars are guiding lights
  • There’s something about Christmas
  • That I don’t understand
  • What if there’s no chimney
  • What would be Santa’s plan
  • Would he walk through the door with all our presents in his
  • sack
  • Let’s not be naughty
  • Or he’ll take them all back
  • It’s always much better to give than to receive
  • We’re always more blessed by what we believe
  • Christmas is light, Christmas is love
  • We’re all here together, and that’s just because…
  • There’s something about Christmas
  • That we all understand
  • Family and friends
  • And peace throughout the land
  • It’s the time of year when we’re all at our best
  • When magic falls like snowflakes
  • And we’ve all been blessed
  • When magic falls like snowflakes
  • And we’ve all been blessed
  • Christmas in July 
  • Lea Morris, Mary Alouette, and the kids of the SE Tennis Center
  • Making angels on the ground
  • Ride our boards to get around
  • Follow the light in the sky
  • We've got sparkles in our eyes
  • Christmas in
  • Jula
  • -la-
  • ly
  • Everybody's feeling free
  • Worries disappear
  • Put sunscreen on the reindeer
  • And cookout by the Christmas tree
  • Fireworks light up the night
  • Snow is falling softly white
  • Families are gathering now
  • A feast of love is all around
  • Christmas in
  • Jula
  • -la-
  • ly
  • Everybody's feeling free
  • Worries disappear
  • Put sunscreen on the reindeer
  • And cookout by the Christmas tree
  • Snow cones melting everywhere
  • Camping with a polar bear
  • Hanging out by the fire
  • Flames of joy are growing higher
  • Christmas in
  • Jula
  • -la-
  • ly
  • Everybody's feeling free
  • Worries disappear
  • Put sunscreen on the reindeer
  • And cookout by the Christmas tree
  • CHRISTMAS ROCKS AND HANUKKAH JAMS
  • Words and music by Paul Reisler
  • with students at Hearthstone School
  • (
  • rubato
  • )
  • G
  • Dsus
  • C9
  • It’s coming on Christmas, and you know I have (I’m glad I have)
  • Am7 G/B D G
  • A Jewish
  • mom and a Christian dad
  • G
  • Dsus
  • C9
  • I’ll get more presents than the elves can make
  • Am7 G/B D G
  • Cause The Hanukkah Bunny’s coming on Santa’s sleigh
  • (a
  • tempo) D
  • C D
  • |
  • |:Christmas
  • really rocks with a Jewish mom
  • D C G
  • Hanukkah jams with a Christian dad :||
  • G
  • Dsus
  • C
  • Mama’s
  • gonna
  • bake blintzes and donuts
  • Am7 G/B D G
  • The cat ate the pie and he’s
  • gonna
  • go nuts
  • G
  • Dsus
  • C
  • He spun around like a drunken
  • draidle
  • Am7 G/B D G
  • Crash went (knocked over) the tree and Jesus’ cradle
  • (chorus)
  • G
  • Dsus
  • C
  • Bubba’s speaking Hebrew (Yiddish) and I don’t under stand
  • Am7 G/B D G
  • Grampa’s
  • chantin
  • ’ Latin like nobody can
  • G D C
  • I don’t know what they’re saying
  • Am7 G/B Am7
  • I’m busy playing with my puppy,
  • G/B C D G
  • My pony, and my Sony Play Station
  • Repeat chorus 2x
  • |
  • |:Christmas
  • really Rocks, Hanukkah Jams, Christmas Rocks :|||
  • Crazy Crazy Christmas
  • Kathy Hussey w/Paddy Dougherty and
  • Ms
  • Porter’s 3
  • rd grade
  • , James River Day School, Lynchburg, VA, December 2008
  • I was nestled all snug in my bed
  • Listening for the sound of the sled
  • I heard a crash from the room downstairs
  • I was shocked to see Santa there
  • It was a crazy, crazy Christmas
  • Things just went all wrong
  • Santa was pretty wacky that day
  • Bouncing round like a ping pong
  • It was a crazy, crazy Christmas
  • Nothing would go right
  • You should’ve seen the mess that Santa made
  • It was not a pretty sight
  • It was a crazy, crazy Christmas
  • Santa had a strange look on his face
  • Bows and wrapping paper covered the place
  • The tree had fallen and the bulbs all broke
  • His beard was full of ashes and smoke
  • It was a crazy, crazy Christmas
  • Things just went all wrong
  • Santa was pretty wacky that day
  • Bouncing round like a ping pong
  • It was a crazy, crazy Christmas
  • Nothing would go right
  • You should’ve seen the mess that Santa made
  • It was not a pretty sight
  • It was a crazy, crazy Christmas
  • The reindeer wondered what was taking so long
  • Peeked in the window to see what was wrong
  • Rudolph said, “Santa, we’ve got to go”
  • Santa saw the mess said, “Ho, Oh No!”
  • It was a crazy, crazy Christmas
  • Things just went all wrong
  • Santa was pretty wacky that day
  • Bouncing round like a ping pong
  • It was a crazy, crazy Christmas
  • Nothing would go right
  • You should’ve seen the mess that Santa made
  • It was not a pretty sight
  • It was a crazy, crazy Christmas
  • It was a crazy, crazy Christmas
  • Kathy Hussey w/Paddy Dougherty and
  • Ms
  • Bowen’s 1
  • st grade
  • , James River Day School, Lynchburg, VA, December 2008
  • Christmas -
  • is my favorite time of year
  • Stockings -
  • elves and jolly old reindeer
  • Santa -
  • is coming to my town
  • And I’m
  • gonna
  • stay up all night long
  • Just say no to mistletoe
  • The kissing the hugging,
  • The smooching is bugging me
  • It’s as bad as sweaters that choke
  • Boots too tight, waiting all night
  • Just say no to mistletoe
  • Cause kissing is
  • Bleh
  • !!!!
  • Presents -
  • underneath the Christmas tree
  • Rudolph -
  • nose as bright as it can be
  • No
  • school -
  • cause we have a holiday
  • And we’re
  • gonna
  • have so much fun
  • Just say no to mistletoe
  • The kissing the hugging,
  • The smooching is bugging me
  • It’s as bad as sweaters that choke
  • Boots too tight, waiting all night
  • Just say no to mistletoe
  • Cause kissing is
  • Bleh
  • !!!!
  • Carols -
  • being sung at my front door
  • Snowballs -
  • they are melting on the floor
  • Sugar -
  • plums are dancing in my head
  • But that doesn’t mean I want a kiss
  • (But I
  • kinda
  • like kissing!)
  • EEEWWWWWWWWWWWW!
  • (2-3-4)
  • Just say no to mistletoe
  • The kissing the hugging,
  • The smooching is bugging me
  • It’s as bad as sweaters that choke
  • Boots too tight and waiting all night
  • Just say no to
  • mistletoe -
  • Cause kissing is
  • Bleh
  • !!!!
  • Santa’s on Vacation
  • By Tim Johnson & Mrs. Allard’s 3
  • rd
  • grade class
  • Poplar Grove School
  • All year long he’s been at the north pole
  • The snow falls down and the wind is cold
  • He’s making toys for all the boys and the girls
  • It’s a great big job because it’s a great big world
  • But now Christmas day is over
  • And
  • it’s
  • time he took a break
  • He wants to go somewhere south
  • Where there’s not one single flake
  • Santa’s on vacation
  • He’s not working on toys, he’s working on his tan
  • He’s got a summer sensation
  • He’s building snowmen in the sand
  • He’s somewhere in the
  • Hawaiin
  • Isles
  • He’s not leaving for quite awhile
  • Mrs. Claus is picking up pretty sea shells
  • She’s giving them to all the little elves
  • Santa’s on his surfboard
  • He just took an awful spill
  • Will he ever get back
  • on
  • I’m pretty sure he will
  • Santa’s on vacation
  • He’s not working on toys, he’s working on his tan
  • He’s got a summer sensation
  • He’s building snowmen in the sand
  • Angel on Top
  • Kathy Hussey w/Paddy Dougherty and
  • Ms
  • Daniel’s 2
  • nd grade
  • , James River Day School, Lynchburg, VA, December 2008
  • We’ll find the perfect Christmas tree
  • And bring it home with glee
  • We’ll hang our favorite ornaments
  • And lights all twinkly
  • And then we’ll eat our gingerbread and throw some tinsel on
  • And put an
  • Angel on top, an angel on top
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • put an angel on top
  • Angel on top, an angel on top
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • put an angel on top
  • Our tree will be so piney fresh
  • It’ll make the house smell green
  • We’ll wrap a million presents
  • Underneath that Christmas tree
  • We’ll make a little manger out of wood and clay and hay
  • And put an
  • Angel on top, an angel on top
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • put an angel on top
  • Angel on top, an angel on top
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • put an angel on top
  • I want somebody who will watch over us
  • …So I’ll put an…
  • Angel on top, an angel on top
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • put an angel on top
  • Angel on top, an angel on top
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • put an angel on top
  • Angel on top, an angel on top
  • I’m
  • gonna
  • put an angel on top
  • Do You Really Want to
  • Forget
  • Paul Reisler & Parker School
  • Do you remember
  • Christmas ‘84
  • When the snow covered the city
  • ?
  • You could see the silence in the wind
  • Your breath warmed me deep within
  • Do you really want to
  • forget
  • When in turn you’ll be forgotten?
  • Tear my picture off your wall
  • Burn our dreams, bury the ashes.
  • You really think that I don’t care at all
  • There’s a reason for your madness.
  • We believed then anything could be
  • But life dealt a different hand.
  • A dream undreamt, a promise
  • unkept
  • The numb emptiness when you left.
  • Do you really want to
  • forget
  • When in turn you’ll be forgotten?
  • Tear my picture off your wall
  • Burn our dreams, bury the ashes.
  • You really think I don’t care at all
  • There’s a reason for your madness.
  • Do you really want to
  • forget
  • When in turn you’ll be forgotten?
  • Tear my picture off your wall
  • Burn our dreams, bury the ashes.
  • You really think that I don’t care at all
  • There’s a reason for your madness.
  • There’s a reason for your madness.
  • Your madness, your madness
  • Do you remember
  • Christmas ‘84
  • When the snow covered the city
  • ?
  • Christmas Break Song and Dance
  • Paul Reisler with Paddy Dougherty & Ms. Young’s 3
  • rd
  • grade, Patrick Henry School for Science and Art
  • It’s the darkest time of the year
  • when we need a little cheer
  • it sure is cold, this winter weather
  • but now it’s time to get together
  • for our Christmas break song and dance
  • winter solstice
  • celebration
  • school is out
  • for winter vacation
  • adios, to friends and teachers
  • let's get ready for a new year
  • hurry up, hurry up
  • It’s the darkest time of the year
  • when we need a little cheer
  • it sure is cold, this winter weather
  • but now it’s time to get together
  • for our Christmas break song and dance
  • let’s put up the lights
  • trim the tree
  • hang the stockings
  • fix the holiday feast
  • burn the turkey, stuff the stuffing
  • get with friends and go sledding
  • hurry up, hurry up
  • It’s the darkest time of the year
  • when we need a little cheer
  • it sure is cold, this winter weather
  • but now it’s time to get together
  • for our Christmas break song and dance
  • for our Christmas break song and dance
  • Dinosaur Christmas
  • Words and music by Paul Reisler with Diane Bardwell and Mrs.
  • Mikkelson’s
  • 2
  • nd
  • Grade, Ellis Elementary School, Pocatello, ID
  • G Am G/B C
  • Twas
  • the night before Christmas and all through the house
  • Am
  • G/B C D
  • Not a creature was stirring, except for T-Rex
  • G
  • Bm
  • C
  • He was cooking Christmas dinner
  • G
  • Bm
  • C
  • Making veggie burgers
  • G
  • Bm
  • Cause on Christmas day
  • Am
  • D
  • The dinosaurs all celebrate
  • They decorate all the trees
  • With popcorn and with cheese
  • Cause on Christmas day
  • Am
  • D
  • G
  • The dinosaurs celebrate
  • D
  • G
  • It’s a dinosaur Christmas
  • C
  • D
  • All the longnecks wear bowties
  • D
  • G
  • It’s a dinosaur Christmas
  • Em
  • Am C D
  • All the boneheads eat, pumpkin pie
  • The
  • clubtails
  • play with yoyo’s
  • Then they have a snowball fight
  • Cause on Christmas day
  • The dinosaurs celebrate
  • Oh the bigmouth sings so loud
  • In a one horse open sleigh
  • Cause on Christmas day
  • The dinosaurs celebrate
  • Paragon Mills Elementary
  • Ms.
  • Donely
  • 3
  • rd
  • Grade Class- 12:45
  • October 1, 2003
  • Paul Reisler
  • Verse 1:
  • G
  • Am
  • G/B
  • G
  • Am7
  • D
  • G
  • I don’t know what I want to find under the Christmas tree
  • G D/F#
  • Em
  • Am7 D
  • A limo or a Hummer or a Cadillac SUV
  • G Am7
  • A bicycle or a go-cart or a puppy just for me
  • G D/F#
  • Em
  • D G
  • Or love to live forever for all my family
  • Chorus:
  • I don’t know if Santa’s real
  • I just know how I really feel
  • But I’m happy and excited too
  • To give this gift I got for you
  • Verse 2:
  • I don’t know what I want to eat when Christmas comes this year
  • Ice cream cones and candy canes, a cup of cold root beer
  • Green and sparkly cookies shaped like Christmas trees
  • A taste of Christmas happiness for all my family
  • If We Had Everything We Wanted
  • By Paul Reisler with Terri Allard & Ms.
  • Eckerle’s
  • 2nd grade
  • If we had everything wanted
  • We’d have nothing to wish for
  • We’d be drowning in toys
  • There’d be too much noise
  • And all the girls and boys
  • Would be spoiled rotten!
  • We couldn’t walk in to our bedrooms
  • There’d be toys everywhere
  • And a real big mess
  • On the bed and the chairs
  • We’d have everything we think we need
  • But the world would not succeed
  • If we had everything wanted
  • We’d have nothing to wish for
  • We’d be drowning in toys
  • There’d be too much noise
  • And all the girls and boys
  • Would be spoiled rotten!
  • The world would get mighty heavy
  • And fall from the sky
  • We’d all fall off
  • Our dreams would die
  • There’d be disasters every day
  • If everybody had their own way
  • Snow Angels and Icicles
  • Words and music by Paul Reisler
  • with students at Rappahannock Elementary School
  • (chorus)
  • Snow Angels and icicles,
  • Hot cocoa and
  • a
  • a
  • cracklin
  • ’ fire warm fire,
  • Christmas trees and Santa Claus,
  • I love winter just because.
  • verse 1
  • D
  • G/B
  • C
  • We go
  • walkin
  • ’ in the woods when there’s snow on the pines.
  • C
  • D
  • It’s cold and crisp in the wintertime.
  • D
  • G/B
  • C
  • The snow tastes as cold as vanilla ice cream.
  • C
  • D
  • We’re out of school, and I’m happy as can be
  • We sing Christmas Carols when there’s lights on the trees
  • We’re
  • singin
  • ’ real loud but we’re way off key
  • There’s cookies and cider when we get home
  • And grandma
  • callin
  • ’ on the telephone
  • We go sliding down the hill when the snow’s
  • blowin
  • ’ round
  • Hit a big bump and roll on down
  • Bundled up tight like an
  • eskimo
  • Havin
  • ’ way more fun than you could ever know
  • © 2000 P. Reisler/
  • Zoidsongs
  • (ASCAP)
  • It’s My Turn
  • Kid Pan Alley Nashville
  • Christ Presbyterian Academy 1
  • st
  • grade
  • December 3, 2003
  • James Dean Hicks
  • Daddy asked me what I wanted for Christmas
  • I was sitting in front of the TV watching Sponge Bob
  • I told him I was only telling Santa
  • ‘Cause bringing gifts to kids like me was his job
  • So we got into the car
  • And we drove down to the mall
  • There he was talking to kids
  • Both big & small
  • I said: It’s my turn to sit up on your lap
  • But I guess he was tired because he was taking a nap
  • When I heard him snoring, I was more than quite concerned
  • What I wanted for Christmas I was afraid he’d never learn
  • Hey Santa, It’s my turn
  • I made up a little list of things I wanted
  • Like a 3-D video of Shrek or Spy Kids
  • I was sure his eyes would soon be open
  • But he was just too tired to lift those lids
  • It’s my turn to sit up on your lap
  • But I guess he was tired because he was taking a nap
  • When I heard him snoring, I was more than quite concerned
  • What I wanted for Christmas I was afraid he’d never learn
  • Hey Santa, It’s my turn
  • Frosty’s
  • Cavern
  • Kathy Hussey w/Paddy Dougherty and
  • Ms
  • Fielding’s 3
  • rd grade
  • , James River Day School, Lynchburg, VA, December 2008
  • Santa’s workshop in Christmas village
  • Where all the toys are made
  • His little helpers run around like crazy
  • Making toys all day
  • But when the Christmas bells jingle and
  • it’s
  • time to go
  • They jump on their sleds and they fly through the snow
  • There’s a place called
  • Frosty’s
  • Cavern
  • Where elves go to play
  • For a cup of peppermint chocolate
  • At the end of their workday
  • It’s made of gingerbread
  • With strands of icy thread
  • There’s a place called
  • Frosty’s
  • Cavern
  • Where elves go to play
  • Can’t tell from the outside how big it is
  • It even snows in there
  • An ice rink for hockey, The Mistletoe Arcade
  • They sit on candy cane chairs
  • In the corner there’s a jukebox that plays Christmas songs
  • They put in
  • santa
  • coins and they all sing along
  • There’s a place called
  • Frosty’s
  • Cavern
  • Where elves go to play
  • For a cup of peppermint chocolate
  • At the end of their workday
  • It’s made of gingerbread
  • With strands of icy thread
  • There’s a place called
  • Frosty’s
  • Cavern
  • Where elves go to play
  • There are lots of other places they could go
  • The Christmas Tree Diner, The Hotel of Snow
  • But when they want a treat at the end of the day
  • Chorus
  • What I Want
  • For
  • Christmas
  • Kathy Hussey w/Paddy Dougherty and
  • Ms
  • Wilson’s 2
  • nd grade
  • , James River Day School, Lynchburg, VA, December 2008
  • Dear Santa, here’s a picture for you
  • I hope that you like it it’s a penguin I drew
  • I’ve been good all year long
  • That’s why I’m writing this this song
  • Johnny wants a new video game
  • Susie asked for her very own plane
  • What I want for Christmas
  • I hope that you can bring
  • My family to be happy
  • And gather round to sing
  • “Peace on Earth Good Will to Men”
  • And comfort for my friends
  • That is what I want for Christmas
  • Sally wants a Barbie doll
  • Julia wants a shiny beach ball
  • Jake is wishing for the new
  • Ipod
  • Tommy hopes he gets a fishing rod
  • I know you’ve got a lot of mail to read
  • I hope you’ll listen to this song from me
  • What I want for Christmas
  • I hope that you can bring
  • My family to be happy
  • And gather round to sing
  • “Peace on Earth Good Will to Men”
  • And comfort for my friends
  • That is what I want for Christmas
  • That is all I want for Christmas
  • Snow Covers the World
  • With
  • Joy
  • Kathy Hussey w/Paddy Dougherty and
  • Ms
  • Martin’s 1
  • st grade
  • , James River Day School, Lynchburg, VA, December 2008
  • I look outside
  • It’s coming down
  • It’s falling all over this town
  • It makes the night
  • Sparkly white
  • It looks so beautiful
  • Snow covers the world with joy
  • Celebrating a baby boy
  • Born in a manger on Christmas day
  • Taking the dark in the world away
  • Put on my coat
  • And go out there
  • I get snowflakes in my hair
  • Stick out my tongue
  • And catch a few
  • Then I spin round and round
  • Snow covers the world with joy
  • Celebrating a baby boy
  • Born in a manger on Christmas day
  • Taking the dark in the world away
  • The joy of Christmas is in the light
  • of the star that points the way at night
  • Snow covers the world with joy
  • Celebrating a baby boy
  • Born in a manger on Christmas day
  • Taking the dark in the
  • worrrrrrrrrrrrrld
  • away
  • Santa’s on Vacation
  • By Tim Johnson & Mrs. Allard’s 3
  • rd
  • grade class
  • Poplar Grove School
  • All year long he’s been at the north pole
  • The snow falls down and the wind is cold
  • He’s making toys for all the boys and the girls
  • It’s a great big job because it’s a great big world
  • But now Christmas day is over
  • And
  • it’s
  • time he took a break
  • He wants to go somewhere south
  • Where there’s not one single flake
  • Santa’s on vacation
  • He’s not working on toys, he’s working on his tan
  • He’s got a summer sensation
  • He’s building snowmen in the sand
  • He’s somewhere in the
  • Hawaiin
  • Isles
  • He’s not leaving for quite awhile
  • Mrs. Claus is picking up pretty sea shells
  • She’s giving them to all the little elves
  • Santa’s on his surfboard
  • He just took an awful spill
  • Will he ever get back
  • on
  • I’m pretty sure he will
  • Santa’s on vacation
  • He’s not working on toys, he’s working on his tan
  • He’s got a summer sensation
  • He’s building snowmen in the sand
  • Christmas Makes Our Hearts Grow
  • Written by Paul Reisler, Heather Mae, and Ms. Horton’s 2
  • nd
  • graders
  • , Noyes Elementary
  • {{8 BAR INTRO}}
  • Christmas makes our hearts grow
  • It brings us together even though
  • We live far apart
  • And sometimes it’s hard
  • But you’re still my family
  • And I love you
  • Why do we celebrate Christmas?
  • Is it just to open
  • presents
  • And stuff ourselves with stuffing?
  • It is all about games and having fun
  • Or is it about the love we share
  • With everyone?
  • Christmas makes our hearts grow
  • It brings us together even though
  • We live far apart
  • And sometimes it’s hard
  • But you’re still my family
  • And I love you
  • On Christmas I am thankful for
  • The roof over my head and bed that’s warm
  • And a room to call my own with my mom and dad
  • Food on the table every night
  • So Ill think with my heart when I saw my prayers
  • Cause I love my life
  • {8 BAR SOLO}
  • And I love you!
  • Christmas makes our hearts grow
  • It brings us together even though
  • We live far apart
  • And sometimes its hard
  • But you’re still my family
  • And I love you
  • But you’re still my family
  • And I love you