From: Ceri 
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Hey Chickybabes young & old,

Something that's repeatable in "polite" company.. For various
definitions of "polite" 

 Buy and Sell
 (tune of: Silver Bells)
 
 City Sidewalks busy sidewalks lined with advertising
 It's the big retail season of Christmas
 Children begging for each new thing toys for mile after 
 mile and the mood of the season is clear
 
 Buy and Sell (Buy and Sell) 
 Buy and Sell (Buy and Sell)
 It's Christmas time for consumers
 Ching-a-ching (Ching-a-ching) 
 Cash registers ring (Cash registers ring)
 Must we spend Christmas this way?
 
 Maxing credit, running debits buying things we don't need
 with money we don't really have
 Children crying, parents sighing no time for family
 and the reason behind it is clear
 
 Buy and Sell (Buy and Sell) 
 Buy and Sell (Buy and Sell)
 It's Christmas time for consumers
 Ching-a-ching (Ching-a-ching) 
 Cash registers ring (Cash registers ring)
 Must we spend Christmas this way?
 
 
 
 Consumer Wonderland
 (tune of: Winter Wonderland
 
 The TV's on / are you watching?
 Another product / that they're hawking
 one more thing you need to make life complete
 Welcome to Consumer Wonderland
 
 In the stores / you will hear it
 "Pricey gifts / show holiday spirit"
 That's what they call it to get to your wallet
 Welcome to Consumer Wonderland
 
 At the mall we can go out shopping
 and buy lots of stuff we can't afford
 we'll have lots of fun with our new toys
 until we realize that we're still bored
 
 When you shop / ain't it thrilling
 until / you get the billing
 the money you still owe the stuff broke long ago
 Welcome to Consumer Wonderland
 
 
 
 HARK! THE NINJA TURTLES SING!
 
 Hark the Ninja Turtles sing
 Kid-dy marketing is king.
 Fun to watch, expertly styled
 To manipulate my child.
 
 Garfield, Bettlejuice 'n Tickle-me Elmo,
 Ma I need it, 'every child wails
 Care Bears, Super Mario
 Brainwashed, but they'll never know
 
 Hark the Ninja Turtles sing
 Thriving thanks to your offspring
 
 Hark the New Kids On The Block
 Making millions 'round the clock
 Ten year olds they hypnotize
 Into needing merchandise
 
 Time that should be spent on telling
 Christmas truths instead of selling
 Muppet Babies, Kid 'n Play
 Barbie for the holiday
 
 "Hark," commercialism sings
 "Watch our programs and buy our things."'
 
 
 UH OH WE'RE IN THE RED, DEAR
 (Rudolph the red-nose reindeer)
 
 Uh oh we're in the red, dear
 On our credit card it shows
 Christmas is almost over
 But the debit line still grows
 
 Shopping like Santa's zombies
 Sent our budget down in flames
 But all our Christmas spirit
 Helped the giant retail chains
 
 I'm so foggy Christmas Eve
 Wondering how we'll pay
 Christmas doesn't seem so bright
 When our finances are tight
 
 So here's a plan for next year
 Let's forget the shopping spree
 Let's give a gift of love, so
 All our Christmas gifts are free
 
 
 
 JINGLE ALL THE WAY
 
 Chorus: Profits here, profits there, profits everywhere
 Christmas time is funny, we smell money in the air
 Advertise, glamorize, fool you with a flair.
 Let's make sure that Christmas is a businesslike affair.
 
 You're eating up our lies and dashing to the stores
 Then all our prices rise and how the money pours
 If we don't keep you drugged and watching your TV
 You might see the hypocrisy then where would business be?
 
 Chorus
 
 We'll tell you how to think and tell you what to try
 What to eat and drink and how to live and die
 And if our plan succeeds, when Christmas-time is nigh
 Instead of seeking love and peace you'll hunt for gifts to buy
 
 Chorus
 
 
 
 GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
 
 Slow down ye frantic shoppers for there's something we must say
 If you would spare a moment all the stores would go away
 Big business has been telling us what Christmas means today
 
 Now it's time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves
 Yes it's time we decided for ourselves.
 
 To some folks Christmas means a time for gathering with friends
 And enemies might take it as a time to make amends
 But TV says it's time for pricey gifts and selfish ends
 
 Now it's time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves
 Yes it's time we decided for ourselves.
 
 Some people feel that Christmas is when Jesus makes a call
 For others it's a time to stress good will and peace to all
 But advertisers tell us it means Santa's at the mall
 
 Now it's time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves
 Yes it's time we decided for ourselves.

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       Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.



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