On Christmas I Got Nothing Lyrics

My family never roasted chestnuts - on an open fire

Never went around the neighborhood - singing carols with a choir

Never went to Midnight Mass & sat on cold hard pews

My family - we had different views



I never had to be good - just for goodness sake

On Christmas Eve I didn't try to keep myself awake

Listening for sleigh bells - or looking for a mouse

Santa always skipped over our house



Jimmy got a train set with a shiny new caboose

Billy, an erector set, with nuts & bolts & screws

Tammy got a kit for making cheese fondues

But on Christmas I got nothing - ‘cause we were Jews



We never put up trimmings ‘cause we never had a tree

I wouldn't know a mistletoe from a torpedo's knee

I never sat on Santa's lap - but hey, if Jesus was a Jew...

Wouldn't that make Santa be one too?



I used to hate when it was cold enough for Christmas to be white

Never hung a wreath of holly - or strung the yard with lights

Those other houses looked so pretty - but the electricity they must've used!

We lit candles - ‘cause we were Jews



Annie got a bright red pair of kangaroo shoes

Kathy got some soaps & an assortment of shampoos

Even Buffy's dingo got some brand new rawhide chews

But on Christmas I got nothing - ‘cause we were Jews



Sometimes we ate chicken - and sometimes we ate lamb

Sometimes we ate turkey - but we never had a ham

I never did like eggnog - or those wine & cider brews

We drank Mogen David - ‘cause we were Jews



Jenny got a bike she had to wait ‘till Spring to use

Tommy from across the street - he got his front tooth

Joshua got a horn so he could learn to play the blues

But I already had some...