Taking Down Christmas

(Not a Christmas song!)

The lights shine bright but never fade,
but just shut off the second they
experience depression we go through,
the second we bring to an end
the many days and weeks we spend
to celebrate our season, me and you

Little did I know or comprehend
we were coming to our season’s end
You don’t know how I wish I knew…

that I would freaking miss us,
like when I take down Christmas
December twenty-six crushed
my spirit as I pack it all away
Should it hurt this much
worse than taking down Christmas?
Will take me at least six months
to pack away our lifelong Holiday
that took me down
Until next Christmas comes around,
maybe by then I might rebound!

Packing boxes I consolidate
memories that I un-decorate
these festive walls that I have clung onto
Just like I wish I could suspend
a season that comes to an end
Avoid the fateful day it’s building to

How high we go only to be let down
packing in the attic safe and sound,
surprised that in just one short day…

that I would freaking miss us,
like when I take down Christmas
December twenty-six crushed
my spirit as I pack it all away
Should it hurt this much
worse than taking down Christmas?
Will take me at least six months
to pack away our lifelong Holiday
that took me down
Until next Christmas comes around,
maybe by then I might rebound!

Fa-lah, fa-fa-lah-lah-lah,
fFa-lah, fa-fa-lah-lah-lah,
Fa-lah, fa-fa-lah-lah-lah,
fa-lah-lah-lah-lah!
Fa-lah, fa-fa-lah-lah-lah,
Fa-lah, fa-fa-lah-lah-lah,
Fa-lah, fa-fa-lah-lah-lah,
fa-lah-lah-lah-lah!

And, I’ll still freaking miss us,
like when I take down Christmas
December twenty-six crushed
my spirit as I pack it all away
Should it hurt this much
worse than taking down Christmas?
Will take me at least six months
to pack away our lifelong Holiday
that took me down
Until next Christmas comes around,
maybe by then I might rebound!

Words and music ©2021 Frank Sardella ASCAP. All rights reserved. [P] 2021 Material Worth Publishing ASCAP.