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Christmas wouldn't be the same as Christmases of old,
If old Saint Nick and all his reindeer stayed up at the pole;
And look at all the love and laughter we would be without,
Well, isn't that what Christmases should be all about?
Santa ain't old-fashioned, he's as real as he can be,
Don't be fooled by his white beard, he hasn't aged a day;
He knows everybody's business, including yours and mine,
And there's never been a chimney old Santa Claus can't climb.
Joy sent down from heaven by a baby in a crib,
Peace to spread around the world with gifts of love to give;
Oh, God he needed someone to get to me and you,
So he gave the job of Christmastime for Santa Claus to do.
Oh, Santa ain't old-fashioned, he's as real as he can be,
Don't be fooled by his white beard, he hasn't aged a day;
He knows everybody's business, including yours and mine,
And there's never been a chimney old Santa Claus can't climb.
This world it has so many things that you and I can't see,
We hope will help him guide and send the courage to believe;
When we give our gifts at Christmastime take a moment to recall,
That faith and hope and charity old Santa has them all.
Santa ain't old-fashioned, he's as real as he can be,
Don't be fooled by his white beard, he hasn't aged a day;
He knows everybody's business, including yours and mine,
And there's never been a chimney old Santa Claus can't climb.
There's never been a chimney old Santa Claus can't climb.
Recorded by Simani (Ooh! Christmas Tree, trk#11, 1992, SWC Productions, English Harbour West, NL, recorded at Sim's Studio, Belleoram, NL).
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From the Century Dictionary Online (one of the largest and most highly regarded encyclopedic dictionaries of the English language) we learn that Chimbley, Chimlay, Chimley and Chimlie are all dialectal forms of chimney.
