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2003 Happy Merry Lyric Contest
Youth Submissions Set 2

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Dashing to the tree,
With Christmas lights aglow,
Feeling bright and free,
Gently falling snow!
Santa's at the mall,
We sit upon his lap,
Bobby wants a basket ball,
And Gene wants clothes from GAP.
Oh!
Santa Claus,
Santa Claus,
Bringing lots of toys,
Sending joy and happiness,
To all the girls and boys!
Santa Claus,
Santa Claus,
Bringing lots of toys,
Sending joy and happiness,
To all the girls and boys!

Paige and Rachel, 13, Detroit Lakes, MN


Chorus: Christmas Time
Christmas time
Christmas Time is here
The time of year filled with lots of cheer
And Time to celebrate. Hurray!
Christmas time
Christmas time
Christmas time is here
The time of year filled with lots of cheer and time to celebrate!

Verse one: Gathering 'round the tree
To open our presents
We are thankful for
whatever we may get

Thanks Thanks Thanks

We are happy
for what we all got
Oh how thankful we are
Around Christmas Time Ohhh

Chorus

Verse Two: Having fun outside
Playing in the snow
Sliding down the hill
Having so much fun

Ha! Ha! Ha!

I look up in the sky
What is that I see?
Reindeer flying above me
It must be Santa Claus OHHH

Chorus

Sara, 10, Rosemount, MN


Thanksgiving Christmas
Traditions every year. Celebrated with family and friends it brings a lot of cheer.
Thanksgiving Christmas
Traditions every year. Celebrated with family and friends it brings a lot of cheer!

Decorating the tree for Christmas day, Watching fireworks, then I will say grace for
Thanksgiving dinner we will eat, Hey! There's an Easter egg laying at my feet!

Thanksgiving Christmas
Traditions every year. Celebrated with family and friends it brings a lot of cheer
Thanksgiving Christmas
Traditions every year. Celebrated with family and friends it brings a lot of cheer!

Valentines Day is a very sweet time, we donate to the poor we may not have a dime, then at
Halloween we'll scare you out of your wits, we'll scare you so much you might just call it quits

Thanksgiving Christmas
Traditions every year. Celebrated with family and friends it brings a lot of cheer
Thanksgiving Christmas
Traditions every year. Celebrated with family and friends it brings a lot of cheer!

Kaylianna, 10, Baxter, MN


Verse: I want a Play Station 2, and a Game Boy SP, Maybe even a TV,
In a sleigh we go, over the jumps with glee, Uh Oh here we go over the big Pine tree.
Refrain: Santa Claus Santa Claus Santa to the rescue,
some children need presents really desperately,
Santa Claus Santa Claus Santa to the rescue,
some children need some presents really desperately

Cody, 10, La Crescent, MN


Running through the snow
and oh to be with you
Look me in the eyes
Do you feel it too?
As we keep on running
under the mistletoe
you kiss me like you should
and oh it feels so good

It's Christmas time, it's Christmas time
and oh to feel this way
to be all wrapped up in your arms
on this Christmas day! Hey!
It's Christmas time, it's Christmas time
It's Christmas time again.
It only comes one time a year
so make sure to make it fun!

The way you make me feel
seems so real and when
you hold me real tight
as we sit by the fireplace t'night,
all my thoughts and all my dreams
have come true on this Christmas night.

Oh...It's Christmas time, it's Christmas time
and now I'm in your arms
and now I feel all safe and warm
when I'm with you! Hey!
It's Christmas time, it's Christmas time
exchanging gifts and all
you being the first person
I ever truly loved!

Melissa, 13, Waterville, MN


Driving through the woods in a Chevy Silverado.
O'er the bumps we go talking all the way. We get to the camp, get it all set up.
Let's go out to get a deer and have a feast tonight.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, PLUNK, PLUNK, PLUNK, shot him in the head.
Let's go fry him up right now and eat till we're all fed.
CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH, YUM, YUM, YUM, boy was that a feast,
let's go out again next week and shoot ourselves a beast.

Zach, 10, Baxter, MN


O when you go outside
You can't help deny your love for snow and a ho! ho! ho!
On a sleigh ride tonight so lets go to the top of the hill
And down we go around we go inside out, upside-down.
Lets go and a ho! ho!ho!
Tonight o no lets go and ho! ho! ho! tonight I know.

Christina, 9, Caledonia, MN


Verse:
Christmas time is here
It comes just once a year
With family, gifts and songs to sing,
The season is in the air.

The shoppers rush about,
The carolers sing a tune,
The fire is lit and cocoa sipped
By the light of the moon.
Oh

Chorus:
Winter's come,
It's begun
Christmas is on its way.
People rush
Around the towns
As the cold wind makes them flush
Oh!

Snowflakes fall
Trees go up
Decorations appear
This time is
The most festive
Time of all the year
Hey!

Laura, 13, St. Cloud, MN


Refrain:
Lots of presents, Lots of presents,
That's what children like.
Opening on Christmas day,
Man, that is the life!

Verses:
Setting up the tree,
Putting up the lights,
What a joyful thing to do,
Before Christmas night.

Getting gifts for kids,
Making spirits bright,
Knowing that they'll have some fun
with their new delight!

Nathan, 12, Detroit Lakes, MN


Ring the bells!
Ring the bells!
Christmas time is here!
Round about, people shout, for this time of year!
Hey!
Ring the bells!
Ring the bells!
Christmas time is here!
Round about, people shout, for this time of year!
Hey!

Decorate the tree, bring the presents out, be a joyful soul, and most of all don't pout!
The sun will rise, the deer will run, can you believe it, a day full of fun!
Oh!

Ring the bells!
Ring the bells!
Christmas time is here!
Round about, people shout, for this time of year!
Hey!
Ring the bells!
Ring the bells!
Christmas time is here!
Round about, people shout, for this time of year!
Hey!

Ben, 10, Springfield, VA


dashing in candy land in a tootsie roll
o'er the sugar we go singing all the way, la la la
kisses on bob-tails ring,
making candy bright what fun it is to eat and munch a candy bar tonight,

candy land, candy land, candy all the way
oh what fun it is to ride in a tootsie roll sleigh,
candy land, candy land, candy all the way, oh what fun it is to ride in a tootsie roll sleigh.

Rachael & Nikki, 10, Eden Prairie, MN


Basking in the sun,
in my red convertible
Down the beach we go
surfing all the way (splash, splash, splash),
The radio is blaring
making fun tonight
It's fun to spend the day surfing,
being a beach bum.

Sand and surf, sand and surf
surfing great big waves
Making castles in the sand and
surfing all the day. Hey!
Sand and surf, sand and surf
surfing great big waves
Making castles in the sand and
surfing all the day! Hey!

Megan, 13, Waterville, MN


Running through the snow
With the kids all over town
Up and down the streets
everybody shouts.
Kids are all around
no one really cares,
moms and dads are watching them
cause winter's in the air.

Oh, Winter comes, winter goes
every single year
After fall everyone
hears that snow is gonna fall.
Winter comes, winter goes
snow is all around.
Everybody wants to know
when it's gonna fall.

Emily, 13, Waterville, MN


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