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All I Want For Christmas

Every body stops
and stares at me
These two teeth are
gone as you can see
I don't know just who
to blame for this catastrophe!
But my one wish on Christmas Eve
is as plain as it can be!
All I want for Christmas
is my two front teeth,
my two front teeth,
see my two front teeth!
Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth,
then I could wish you
Merry Christmas.
It seems so long since I could say,
Sister Susie sitting on a thistle!
Gosh oh gee, how happy I'd be,
if I could only whistle (thhhh)
All I want for Christmas
is my two front teeth,
my two front teeth,
see my two front teeth.
Gee, if I could only
have my two front teeth,
then I could wish you
Merry Christmas!

Written by: Donald Yetter Gardner in 1947

Donald Gardner wrote this song while teaching music in the public schools. His son tells the story of how this song came about. He was teaching a grade school class during the holiday season. He asked them what they wanted for Christmas. They hissed and lisped their answers and he noticed that almost all of them had at least one front tooth missing. Thus came the inspiration for this song.