let's make christmas mean something this year

let's make this christmas mean something this year

let's make this christmas mean something this year

hi everybody

this is james brown

this is a very

very unusual way to come to you

but i gotta start by saying thanks

thanks for such a wonderful year

not only to you

to god

number one

to you number two

and for all the wonderful things

you know when i look at a beautiful day

i'll say god is there

let's make this christmas mean something this year

let's make this christmas mean something this year

i say it's happy because birds are tweeting

the sun is shining

the wind's blowing

the breeze

the leaves are flying

everybody feels nice

just say

oh god

thanks for all the wonderful things

you even see a little snow sometimes

but you know

god only knows how christmas is gonna look

so one more time i'll say

let's make this christmas mean something this year

let's make this christmas mean something this year

now let's make our next year be as nice as this year

now christmas gotta be the kind of a christmas

that we remember a long time ago

you remember when everybody used to look forward to it

santa claus

you'd wanna know what you gonna have the next day

you couldn't wait until christmas morning to jump up

but that's the morning you wouldn't go to your table

you go straight to your little sack

hanging on the mantle over the fireplace

let's make this christmas mean something this year

let's make this christmas mean something this year

you know

i just enjoy this

and i

i can't really can't find enough words

that would really make me express myself

the good feelings that i have

but i wanna say thanks

thanks

god

and now let's make christmas

the kind of a christmas that we'd remember

you know?

you made christmas very

very beautiful for me in my past years

but let's make this christmas good for everybody

the kind of a christmas that mom

dad

granddad. let's make this christmas mean something this year

let's make this christmas mean something this year

let's make this christmas mean something this year

let's make this christmas mean something this year

let's make this christmas mean something this year

let's make this christmas mean something this year

let's make this christmas mean something this year