We're sorry to be saying that we won't be coming home
We won't be on the photographs or funny videos
We won't be there so we can't share the usual family pose
Or run into the garden if it snows
But we'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas
And hope you have a wonderful New Year
Although we cannot say how long this will last
We'd like to raise our glasses and say cheers
Won't it be strange to be away this festive time of year?
We'll just have to console ourselves with sunshine and cold beer
But even then we'll miss you and be sad that you're not here
So we're sending all our loving so sincere
We'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas
And hope you have a wonderful New Year
Although we cannot say how long this will last
We'd like to raise our glasses and say cheers
There's nothing really festive about dancing round the pool
But we'll be doing that to celebrate this coming Yule
When you've opened all your presents and you've eaten Granny's fool
And you're wondering when the kids are back in school
Then we'd like to think you've had a Happy Christmas
And hope you have a wonderful New Year
Although we cannot say how long this will last
We'd like to raise our glasses and say cheers
We'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas
And hope you have a wonderful New Year
Although we cannot say how long this will last
We'd like to raise our glasses and say cheers
We'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas
And hope you have a wonderful New Year
Although we cannot say how long this will last
We'd like to raise our glasses and say cheers
We'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas
And hope you have a wonderful New Year
Although we're separated by some distance
From our hearts you couldn't ever disappear