Ready-Made Christmas

It always snowed on Christmas Eve
At least, that’s how I remember
Everybody home, one big family
At least, that’s how I remember

Hanging lights on the scotch pine
Homemade paper decorations
Dad pouring out the hot mulled wine
At least, that’s how I remember
But it’s all changed now

Take a tree from a box
Put a plastic angel on top
You can plug it in
You can light it up
But there’s no feeling
The spirit is lost
This ready-made Christmas

Can’t seem to find the time these days
To celebrate in the old fashioned way
Brave the cold to find that perfect tree
There’s no heart in a store-bought memory

Take a tree from a box
Put a plastic angel on top
You can plug it in
You can light it up
But there’s no feeling
The spirit is lost
This ready-made Christmas
This ready-made Christmas

But then you take my hand
And your smile fills the room
Reminds me where I am

So take a tree from a box
Put a plastic angel on top
Plug it in, Light it up
And there’s that feeling I thought I had lost
This ready-made Christmas