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aidan moffat & rm hubbert - the recurrence of dickens lyrics

christmas time
that man must be a misanthrope indeed
in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused
in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened by the recurrence of christmas

there are people who will tell you that christmas is not to them what it used to be
that each succeeding christmas has found some cherished hope or happy prospect of the year before dimmed or passed away
that the present only sеrves to remind them of rеduced circumstances and straightened incomes
of the feast they once bestowed on hollow friends
and of the cold looks that meet them now in adversity and misfortune

never heed such dismal reminiscences
there are few men who have lived long enough in the world who cannot call up such thoughts any day of the year
then do not select the merriest of the 365 for your doleful recollections
but draw your chair nearer the blazing fire
fill the glass and send round the song
and if your room be smaller than it was a dozen years ago
or if your glass be filled with reeking punch instead of sparkling wine
put a good face on the matter and empty it off hand
and fill another
and trawl off the old song you used to sing
and thank god it’s not worse

look at the merry faces of your children as they sit round the fire
reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many
not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some
fill your glass again, with a merry face and contented heart
our life on it, but your christmas shall be merry
and your new year a happy one
(children singing “jingle bells”)

- aidan moffat rm hubbert lyrics

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