text: can anyone tell me the name of a xmas song? i dont know who wrote it or what its called, i can just remember that she dosent like christmas, and she forgets her cranberries and goes to the shop and meets the guy she been chasing all year. it's called christmas wrapping! spice girls covered it  but original was by the waitresses...  "bah, humbug!" no, that's too strong  'cause it is my favorite holiday  but all this year's been a busy blur  don't think i have the energy   to add to my already mad rush  just 'cause it's 'tis the season.  the perfect gift for me would be  completions and connections left from   last year, ski shop,  encounter, most interesting.  had his number but never the time  most of '81 passed along those lines.   so deck those halls, trim those trees  raise up cups of christmas cheer,  i just need to catch my breath,  christmas by myself this year.   calendar picture, frozen landscape,  chilled this room for twenty-four days,  evergreens, sparkling snow  get this winter over with!   flashback to springtime, saw him again,  would've been good to go for lunch,  couldn't agree when we were both free,  we tried, we said we'd keep in touch.   didn't, of course, 'til summertime,  out to the beach to his boat could i join him?  no, this time it was me,  sunburn in the third degree.   now the calendar's just one page  and, of course, i am excited  tonight's the night, but i've set my mind  not to do too much about it.   merry christmas! merry christmas!  but i think i'll miss this one this year.  merry christmas! merry christmas!  but i think i'll miss this one this year. merry christmas! merry christmas!  but i think i'll miss this one this year.  merry christmas! merry christmas!  but i think i'll miss this one this year.   hardly dashing through the snow cause i bundled up too tight last minute have-to-do's a few cards a few calls 'cause it's r-s-v-p no thanks, no party lights it's christmas eve, gonna relax turned down all of my invites.  last fall i had a night to myself,  same guy called, halloween party,  waited all night for him to show,  this time his car wouldn't go,   forget it, it's cold, it's getting late,  trudge on home to celebrate  in a quiet way, unwind  doing christmas right this time.   a&p has its pride in me  with the world's smallest turkey  already in the oven, nice and hot  oh damn! guess what i forgot?   so on with the boots, back out in the snow  to the only all-night grocery,  when what to my wondering eyes should appear  in the line is that guy i've been chasing all year!   "i'm spending this one alone," he said.  "need a break; this year's been crazy."  i said, "me too, but why are you?  you mean you forgot cranberries too?"   then suddenly we laughed and laughed  caught on to what was happening  that christmas magic's brought this tale  to a very happy ending! "   merry christmas! merry christmas!  couldn't miss this one this year!  merry christmas! merry christmas!  couldn't miss this one this year!