What Is Christmas?
What Is Christmas?

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - What Is Christmas? Lyrics

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What Is Christmas? Lyrics

What is Christmas?
Tinseled fairy tales
Day old stockings lined up in a row
What is Christmas?
Could someone tell me that?
What is Christmas?
Surely, I don't know

And everywhere these lights
Who needs to color night?
Could this whole thing be planned?
I do not understand

This Christmas trees with colored lights
Underneath they still are only trees
Do you think that one day perhaps they might
Find that Christmas is kind of a disease?

Every year it's waiting for me, waiting for me
Every year it constantly defies
Placing strangers there before me, there before me
Spreading hope and cheer mixed in with happiness
Fraternal bliss and other Christmas lies

And there's one more thing that I have discovered
That I would now like you to know
The reason for Christmas I now realize
Is an excuse to tolerate snow, snow

I don't even like the sound of it
Anyway, where was I?
Oh, yes

What is Christmas?
Candles everywhere
A fire hazard any other day
Children light them, no one seems to care
All for Christmas

Every year it returns here
And every year it's waiting for me
Why can't Christmas disappear
And just pretend it never saw me?

Every year I get my hopes up
That it will somehow just leave
But every year I wake to find
That once again it now is Christmas eve

Writer(s): JOHN OLIVA, JOHN N. OLIVA, PAUL O'NEILL, PAUL F. O'NEILL
Copyright(s): Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Who wrote the lyrics for 'What Is Christmas?' by Trans-Siberian Orchestra?

    The lyrics for 'What Is Christmas?' were written by John Oliva, John N. Oliva, Paul O'Neill, and Paul F. O'Neill.

  2. Which album features the song 'What Is Christmas?' by Trans-Siberian Orchestra?

    'What Is Christmas?' is featured on Trans-Siberian Orchestra's album 'Christmas Eve and Other Stories,' which was released in 1996.

  3. What themes are explored in the lyrics of 'What Is Christmas?' by Trans-Siberian Orchestra?

    The lyrics of 'What Is Christmas?' explore themes of confusion and disillusionment about the holiday season, questioning the meaning behind various Christmas traditions such as decorations, lights, and Christmas trees.

  4. Does 'What Is Christmas?' by Trans-Siberian Orchestra have a positive or negative view towards Christmas?

    The song 'What Is Christmas?' by Trans-Siberian Orchestra expresses a somewhat skeptical and negative view towards Christmas, questioning traditional practices and describing Christmas as a 'disease' that returns every year despite the narrator's hopes that it would disappear.

  5. What genre of music does Trans-Siberian Orchestra's 'What Is Christmas?' belong to?

    'What Is Christmas?' by Trans-Siberian Orchestra belongs to the rock genre, specifically within the subgenre of symphonic rock, known for blending orchestral elements with rock music.

  6. How does the song 'What Is Christmas?' by Trans-Siberian Orchestra describe the annual arrival of Christmas?

    The song describes the annual arrival of Christmas as an inevitable event that the narrator finds intrusive and perplexing. It highlights the return of holiday traditions and the spread of 'hope and cheer mixed in with happiness,' but not without a sense of skepticism.

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