Haul out the holly
Put up the tree before
My spirit falls again

Fill up the stocking
I may be rushing things but
Deck the halls again now


For we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute

Candles in the window
Carols at the spinet
Yes, we need a little Christmas

Right this very minute
It hasn't snowed a single flurry
But Santa, dear we're in a hurry, so


Climb down the chimney
Put up the brightest string of

Light I've ever seen
Slice up the fruitcake
It's time we hung some tinsel

On that evergreen bough

For I've grown a little leaner

Grown a little colder
Grown a little sadder
Grown a little older

And I need a little angel
Sitting on my shoulder
I need a little Christmas now


Haul out the holly
Well, once I taught you

All to live each living day
Fill up the stocking
But Auntie Mame, it's one week

Past Thanksgiving Day now

But we need a little Christmas

Right this very minute
Candles in the window
Carols at the spinet

And, we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute
It hasn't snowed a single flurry

But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry, so

Climb down the chimney

It's been a long time since
I've done the neighbourly
Slice up the fruitcake

It's time we hung some tinsel
On that may-berry bough


For we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute
Candles in the window

Carols at the spinet
And, we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute

We need a little Christmas now
We need a little Christmas now
We need a little Christmas now!