The Nicest Present - Shelley Duvall

Christmas is a special day

It just comes once a year

And all the family gathers round

To spread the Christmas cheer

And there’s lots and lots of presents

Underneath our Christmas tree

And I started thinking that I don’t care

If there’s a single one for me

I don’t know just what I’ll get for Christmas

But I don’t care if I don’t get a thing

As long as Mom and Dad are there

There’ll be Christmas love to share

That’s the nicest present Santa Claus

could bring.

Christmas is a magic day

Our house is such a friendly place

And there are smiles and friendly grins

On everybody’s face

And there’s piles and piles of goodies

It’s a sight you’ve got to see

But then I think of other kids

Not as fortunate as me

I don’t know just what I’ll get for Christmas

And then I start imagining

If all the other girls and boys

Could share these lovely Christmas joys

That’s the nicest present Santa Claus

could bring

The fire is burning brightly

And there’s a special glow

And Mom and Daddy kiss each other

‘Neath the mistletoe.

I don’t know just what I’ll get for Christmas

But I don’t care if I don’t get a thing

As long as Mom and Dad are there

There’ll be Christmas love to share

That’s the nicest present Santa Claus

could bring

I don’t know just what I’ll get for Christmas

And then I start imagining

If all the other girls and boys

Could share these lovely Christmas joys

That’s the nicest present Santa Claus

The greatest gift there ever was

The nicest present Santa Claus

I tell you, kids, it’s just because

The nicest present Santa Claus could bring!