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@tedmania4: Don't count on it. I like Tom Lehrer, but I first heard about this one on Richard Dawkins' homepage.
Christmas is whatever you make of it. I'm an atheist but I think it makes for a good occasion to celebrate with the family.
Merry Christmas!
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Christ didn't teach us to celebrate his birth or to worship him, He taught us to love and accept God as the father. And I hope you belive is Christ after listening to a song like this
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This should be played in every Argos in the world!
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Lehrer! Thou shouldst be performing at this hour: / America hath need of thee: she is a fen ...!
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How appropriate—before the video would start I was forced to watch an ad for a smart phone or something with Christmas music in the background. -__-
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@FungusMossGnosis Interestingly enough, it turns out Shane MacGowan co-wrote the song with Jem Finer who I believe is Jewish.
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@mabarry3 Not even Jesus went into politics...
Tom certainly won't.
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Well, technically, there was a "Santa Baby" song written 1953, as a bit lighter version, but of the very similar attitude regarding Christmas as it is celebrated in consumer society.
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Instead of a matching pen and pencil (or, indeed, a useless old utensil), my relatives got my Tom Lehrer's CD...better than any Lobotomy Gift-certificate!
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i love that there is under 300 of us
This song was written before 1959, so................nothing has changed in a while.
56Packman 2 years ago 103
@rainbowheydrich I wish Tom ran for president. Or at least went to DC and "talked" to the people in power.
mabarry3 1 year ago 47