They said there'll be snow at Christmas They said there'll be peace on earth But instead it just kept on raining A veil of tears for the virgin birth.
I remember one Christmas morning A winter's light and the distant choir And the peal of a bell and that Christmas tree smell Eyes full a tinsel and fire.
They sold me a dream of Christmas They sold me a silent night They told me a fairy story Till I believed in the Israelite.
And I believed in Father Christmas I looked to the sky with excited eyes Than I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn And I saw him through his disguise.
I wish you a hopeful Christmas I wish you a brave new year All anguish, pain, and sadness Leave your heart and let your road be clear.
They said there'd be snow at Christmas They said there'd be peace on earth. Hallelujah, Noel, Be it heaven or hell, The Christmas we get we deserve.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) were an Englishprogressive rock group. In the 1970s, the band was extremely popular, selling over 30 million albums.
After playing at a few of the same concerts, Emerson and Lake tried working together and found their styles to be not only compatible, but complementary. They wanted to be a keyboard/bass/drum band, and so searched out a drummer.
Before settling on Carl Palmer, they approached Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience; Mitchell was uninterested but passed the idea to Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix, tired of his band and wanting to try something different, expressed an interest in playing with the group. The British press, after hearing about this, speculated that such a supergroup would have been called "Hendrix, Emerson, Lake & Palmer", or HELP. Due to scheduling conflicts such plans were not immediately realized, but the initial three planned on a jam session with Hendrix after their second concert at the Isle of Wight Festival (their debut being in Plymouth Guildhall a day or two earlier), with the possibility of him joining. Hendrix died shortly thereafter, so the three pressed on as Emerson, Lake and Palmer
The song is often misinterpreted as an anti-religious song and, because of this, Lake was surprised at its success.
"I find it appalling when people say it's politically incorrect to talk about Christmas, you've got to talk about 'The Holiday Season.' Christmas was a time of family warmth and love. There was a feeling of forgiveness, acceptance. And I do believe in Father Christmas."
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