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Christmas Time of the Year (Live Version)

from Christmas Time Of The Year by Bruce Bergh

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On December 1st, 2010, Chicago got our first snowfall of the winter. It put me in the mood for writing a Christmas song, and I originally started working with lines from many standard Christmas songs. I was going to entitle the song "Christmas Cliches". As I continued, the dread of bad weather started entering my mind. There were so many great songs for the holiday, I realized that there weren't too many more positive things you could write about the season, so I focused on the weather. I decided to start out the song with the romanticism of the good things, and then temper it with the harsh reality of things to come in the second verse. At the time my fiance and I were contemplating spending our honeymoon in Hawaii. That sparked the inspiration of placing the performance at a live Christmas concert in Hawaii, and the rest is history!

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Christmas Time of the Year
By Bruce Bergh

Snowflakes falling white on the ground
The big fat man is coming to town
Shoppers scurrying all around
It’s that Christmas time of the year!

Christmas lights are twinkling at night
Jingle bells are tinkling in flight
All in all, it’s a wonderful sight
It’s that Christmas time of the year!

Snowmen dance, reindeer shine,
Scrooge is happy, the Grinch is kind,
An open sleigh with your hand in mine-
Laughin’ all the way!

Making angels in the snow
Warming by the fire’s glow
Kissin' ‘neath the mistletoe
It’s that Christmas time of the year!

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Cars are buried in snow on the street
Freezing nose and fingers and feet
Slapped in the face with wind and sleet
It’s that Christmas time of the year!

Been shoveling out my drive all day
The sun is gone, and it’s cold and grey
Need a tropical place to get away and play
It’s that Christmas time of the year!

It’s that Christmas time.
Hear the church bells chime
It’s that Christmas time,
The Christmas time of the year!

©2010 by Bruce Bergh

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from Christmas Time Of The Year, released November 15, 2013

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Bruce Bergh Chicago, Illinois

Bruce Bergh’s 2/14/14 release, “Night Life” is a collection of original “Rat-Pack” tunes written during 2011-13 as a nightlife entertainer in some of Chicago’s finest dining establishments. Bergh performs on piano with vocal stylings in the Pop, Rock and Jazz Vocal genres. As a composer, he strives for memorable melody lines accompanied by jazz harmonizations with a positive message. ... more

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