You can tell by the way the kids are all grinning

And by the size of the crowds in and out of church

When there's this many men

Out shopping with the women

You know it's not just another day off from work



Chorus

It's Christmas

It could only be Christmas

Perfect strangers on the sidewalk singing songs

Giving is such a part of living

Oh I wish it could be Christmas all year long



If people smile even when it's against their nature

When the news hunts down something nice to say

And they even get along in the legislature

You know it's not just any old holiday



It's Christmas

It could only be Christmas

Perfect strangers on the sidewalk singing songs

Giving is such a part of living

Oh I wish it could be Christmas all year long



I wish it was Christmas all year long

I wish it was Christmas all year long

I wish it was Christmas all year long

I wish it was Christmas all year long