[Verse 1: recitative, basso profundo]
It's time to take a pause,
From urgency's demand,
To welcome Santa Clause,
And watch our waists expand.
A toast I lift to you,
While eating more dessert,
Oh look, here's something new!
I dribbled on my shirt.
[Chorus: Aria with melismas, quartet]
'Tis the time for wanton mirth!
Let's eat it up tonight.
Forget about your girth.
And have another bite.
Let's have another drink,
For tomorrow we die.
Let's eat the kitchen sink.
And have another pie.
[Verse 2: recitative, contralto]
Who cares about the scale,
I'm throwing it away.
Let's join the old wassail,
Oh look at that sorbet!
The pumpkin pie is sweet,
A ham is calling me.
I know I'll overeat,
But oh, I want that brrrrrie.
[Verse 3: recitative, tenor and soprano]
The cookies and the cake,
Are waiting for my tummy.
So for my neighbor's sake,
I'll eat her food so yummy
I'm on a diet, didn't you hear?
— A special program for the season.
To eat until next year,
For this, I need no reason.