I Believe In Father Christmas - single by Greg Lake

"I Believe In Father Christmas" is a song by Greg Lake (most famously a member of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer). Although it is often categorised as a Christmas song this was not Lake's intention. Lake wrote the song in protest at the commercialisation of Christmas.
The song was recorded by Lake in 1974 and released separately from ELP in 1975, becoming the Christmas number two in the UK charts.
.......57 days!

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[johnny10301968]

Merry Christmas to all you YOU TUBE viewers.

[dragonman100100]

its christmas eve here in ireland merry christmas everybody =]

[Roamancing]

Love this song!

[Slumpnasty]

Hey fellow Youtubers! I know this is a different song, but does anyone know who wrote the lyrics to "Knife Edge" ? Was it Emerson, Lake, or Palmer?

[sidDkid87]

@dragonman100100 Slàinte!!! From one of your 'cousins' in America

[anthroable]

@MrDudester1 Look at the most fundamental states, and compare quality-of-life indicators in the most secular states- you'll see that the correlation of strong faith and quality of life is INVERSE! And the same is true for nation states the world over. Yes we'll never agree, but have a nice day... I'm out as well...

[MrDudester1]

@anthroable - We obviously don't agree on some key points- fine. But history lessons tell us that purely "reasonable" regimes without an appeal to some higher authority devolve quickly into statist, purely amoral political regimes. Look at Hitler's 'rational' Fascism, or Pol Pot's communism. Both mass murderers, both atheists, both persecuted religion as a bastion of "collective insanity." I'm done here...

[anthroable]

@MrDudester1 I didn't say that any religions are valid. I consider some better than others if their tenets don't include raping, killing, enslaving, smiting, punishing, etc. (like in the Bible and Koran- both VERY violent) but I don't consider any to be "true." And I could not disagree more with your last sentence. Reason (with or without faith) is the opposite of insanity.

[MrDudester1]

@anthroable - not unlike most derivative religions of today, including Buddhism, Confucianism, or even Neo-Paganism. If you've going to claim the first religions are the only valid ones, come out and say it. I don't agree with that, so justify it. Worshiping reason without faith is also a form of collective insanity.

[MrWishiwas18again]

Whatever you believe or don't just remember that if it makes people happy and enriches their lives in the slightest, then it's okay.

[anthroable]

It's almost like some of the churchy types didn't listen to the lyrics. And it's almost like they never considered how much of their religion and holiday was borrowed from earlier holidays and religions- quite shamelessly in fact. If they seriously considered the absurdities of the basic premises of their religion they would keep quiet about it. It's a weird kind of collective insanity.

[fredszczepanski]

i like this version with greg still young. reminds me of my own youth, now i am older and fatter too. Hate it!