The Statler Brothers – Whose Birthday Is Christmas? lyrics

One December Sunday morning after church
I was walking to my car and I heard a little boy say

Oh daddy just whose birthday is Christmas
The Bible says that Jesus was born
Oh daddy please explain, I had to ask because
You hear so much about Santa Claus

Silver bells and cedar smells don't tell the story
Of the virgin and the manger where He lay
Festive drinks and glasses klinks will not make Jesus
Proud to say that this is His birthday

Oh daddy just whose birthday is Christmas
The Bible says that Jesus was born
Oh daddy please explain, I had to ask because
You hear so much about Santa Claus

In Sunday school we read the Christmas story
Saint Nick will come next week so we are told
It's hard to understand in a big peoples land
Especially if you're six years old

(Happy birthday sung in the backround for this chorus only)

Oh daddy just whose birthday is Christmas
The Bible says that Jesus was born
Oh daddy please explain, I had to ask because
You hear so much about Santa Claus

It's hard to understand in a big peoples land
Especially if you're six years old.