I wish you a hopeful Christmas

Because I'm an atheist, people generally are amused by the fact that I enjoy Christmas music.  O Holy Night is one of the most beautiful songs ever written.  Just because I don't believe in the sentiment doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the music that comes out of it.  That said, my two favorite seasonal songs are fairly new.  The first one I like because it really expresses how I feel about the season.  The second?  Because it expresses how I feel about how hypocritical people are during this time of year. 

They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on Earth
But instead it just kept on raining
A veil of tears for the virgin birth

I remember one Christmas morning
A winter's light and a distant choir
And the peal of a bell and that Christmas Tree smell
And eyes full of tinsel and fire

They sold me a dream of Christmas
They sold me a Silent Night
And they told me a fairy story
'Till I believed in the Israelite

And I believed in Father Christmas
And I looked to the sky with excited eyes
'Till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn
And I saw him and through his disguise

I wish you a hopeful Christmas
I wish you a brave New Year
All anguish pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear

They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on Earth
Hallelujah Noel be it Heaven or Hell
The Christmas we get we deserve

Once, in royal David's city
Stood a lonely cattle shed
Where a mother held her baby

You'd do well to remember the things he later said.

When you're stuffing yourselves and the Christmas parties,
You'll just laugh when I tell you to
Take a running jump.

You're missing the point I'm sure does not need making:
That Christmas spirit is
Not what you drink.

So how can you laugh when your own mother's hungry?
And how can you smile when the reasons for smiling are wrong?

And if I just messed up your thoughtless pleasure,
Remember, if you wish,
This is just a Christmas Song.

(Hey, Santa, pass us that bottle will ya?)