I have known Christmases, away from the city
Where we set off, joyful, torches in hand
It was before the plane, before the automobile
And the cold bit us on the little roads
The church, entirely illuminated with candles
All its walls trembled during Midnight, Christians
For many of us came to pray to the Blessed Virgin
It was better than at the theater and it cost nothing
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Christmas of yesteryear
You had a soul
A je ne sais quoi
Christmas of yesteryear
We did, at back, a real festive meal
My mother cooked, I was the cook
My father kneaded pancake dough
We skewered a pork and five or six capons
In the room where there was a formidable fir tree
Decorated with candles and silver paper
To have your chin at the height of the table
A gaggle of children climbed onto the benches
{to the Chorus}
Now we have plastic trees
The snow is made by a atomizer
The candle has given way to the electric bulb
The tarpaulin comes straight from the confectioner's
No need to go out anymore, the mass is broadcast
By all the radios and television
We have Monseigneur live from the church
And when we are sleepy, we turn the dial
Christmas of yesteryear
br/>My whole childhood
Holds in these words
Christmases of yesteryear

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