Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Christmas 2020 is a song by Bah & the Humbugs, America's Premier Satiric Christmas Rock Band. A humorous, tongue-in-cheek look at the frustrations of 2020 and our fervent hope that Christmas will make everything better. This is the song we all need, after the year nobody needed!
(High quality audio file can be downloaded here: soundcloud.com/amy-guskin/bah-the-humbugs-christmas-2020/s-6yio1iKGMQ5)
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Christmas 2020
Music and lyrics by Paul Nordquist & Amy Guskin
Well I made a vow at the New Year
To break loose and have fun and make money.
And all of my dreams should come true here,
’Cause I’ve got a great feeling about 2020!
That was in January…
Things quickly went down in a spiral,
This year that held so much potential.
A contagious infection went viral.
We all learned the meaning of ‘exponential.’
Classes are cancelled
Movies are cancelled
Vacations are cancelled
Everything’s cancelled
N95
pyrocumulus
cross-species transmission
anosmia
doomscrolling
murder hornets
fire tornados
rapid intensification
Oktoberfest is cancelled
Trick-or-Treat is cancelled
Thanksgiving is cancelled
Everything’s cancelled
I’m fed up with new ways of hygiene.
I just want to get back to business.
Then I heard they developed a vaccine,
And Santa will bring us all shots for Christmas!
They’re calling it ‘The North Poke’
It’s been so hard to stay in good humor.
You don’t need to check it on Snopes, now.
Don’t tell me it’s only a rumor.
I need something good on which to pin my hopes, now.
Christmas is coming
Santa is coming
Salvation is coming
’Cause Christmas is coming
Well I don’t know what else I expected.
The anchorman says with a shocked frown
That Santa himself is infected.
The elves and the reindeer are all in lockdown.
Christmas is cancelled
Christmas is cancelled
%$#& you, 2020!
’Cause Christmas is cancelled
Mistletoe is cancelled
Jingle bells are cancelled
Figgy pudding is cancelled
’Cause Christmas is cancelled
Gingerbread is cancelled
Shelf elves are cancelled
Reindeer are cancelled
Everything’s cancelled
Sleigh rides are cancelled
Wassail is cancelled
Drummer Boy is cancelled
Tinsel is cancelled
King Wenceslas is cancelled
Silent Night is cancelled
Rudolph is cancelled
Frosty is cancelled
Tannenbaum is cancelled
Eggnog is cancelled
Nutcracker is cancelled
Stockings are cancelled
Mrs. Claus is cancelled…
Creative Commons licensed images:
Fire whirl: Jan van Rooyen, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
School sign: © Brian J. Matis
Spinning globe: No machine-readable author provided. AzaToth assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons
King Wenceslas biscuit tin: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Christmas 2020 is a song by Bah & the Humbugs, America's Premier Satiric Christmas Rock Band. A humorous, tongue-in-cheek look at the frustrations of 2020 and our fervent hope that Christmas will make everything better. This is the song we all need, after the year nobody needed!
(High quality audio file can be downloaded here: soundcloud.com/amy-guskin/bah-the-humbugs-christmas-2020/s-6yio1iKGMQ5)
bahandthehumbugs.com
Christmas 2020
Music and lyrics by Paul Nordquist & Amy Guskin
Well I made a vow at the New Year
To break loose and have fun and make money.
And all of my dreams should come true here,
’Cause I’ve got a great feeling about 2020!
That was in January…
Things quickly went down in a spiral,
This year that held so much potential.
A contagious infection went viral.
We all learned the meaning of ‘exponential.’
Classes are cancelled
Movies are cancelled
Vacations are cancelled
Everything’s cancelled
N95
pyrocumulus
cross-species transmission
anosmia
doomscrolling
murder hornets
fire tornados
rapid intensification
Oktoberfest is cancelled
Trick-or-Treat is cancelled
Thanksgiving is cancelled
Everything’s cancelled
I’m fed up with new ways of hygiene.
I just want to get back to business.
Then I heard they developed a vaccine,
And Santa will bring us all shots for Christmas!
They’re calling it ‘The North Poke’
It’s been so hard to stay in good humor.
You don’t need to check it on Snopes, now.
Don’t tell me it’s only a rumor.
I need something good on which to pin my hopes, now.
Christmas is coming
Santa is coming
Salvation is coming
’Cause Christmas is coming
Well I don’t know what else I expected.
The anchorman says with a shocked frown
That Santa himself is infected.
The elves and the reindeer are all in lockdown.
Christmas is cancelled
Christmas is cancelled
%$#& you, 2020!
’Cause Christmas is cancelled
Mistletoe is cancelled
Jingle bells are cancelled
Figgy pudding is cancelled
’Cause Christmas is cancelled
Gingerbread is cancelled
Shelf elves are cancelled
Reindeer are cancelled
Everything’s cancelled
Sleigh rides are cancelled
Wassail is cancelled
Drummer Boy is cancelled
Tinsel is cancelled
King Wenceslas is cancelled
Silent Night is cancelled
Rudolph is cancelled
Frosty is cancelled
Tannenbaum is cancelled
Eggnog is cancelled
Nutcracker is cancelled
Stockings are cancelled
Mrs. Claus is cancelled…
Creative Commons licensed images:
Fire whirl: Jan van Rooyen, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
School sign: © Brian J. Matis
Spinning globe: No machine-readable author provided. AzaToth assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons
King Wenceslas biscuit tin: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
