Christmas At Ground Zero – English Lyrics

• By: "Weird Al" Yankovic

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the satirical world of "Weird Al" Yankovic with "Christmas at Ground Zero," a unique Christmas carol that blends festive cheer with Cold War anxieties. This song offers a glimpse into the cultural context of the 1980s, using humor to address serious themes and providing a memorable, if unsettling, holiday experience.

[English]

It's Christmas at Ground Zero

There's music in the air

The sleigh bells are ringing and the carolers are singing

While the air raid sirens blare

It's Christmas at Ground Zero

The button has been pressed

The radio just let us know

That this is not a test

Everywhere the atom bombs are dropping

It's the end of all humanity

No more time for last-minute shopping

It's time to face your final destiny

It's Christmas at Ground Zero

There's panic in the crowd

We can dodge debris while we trim the tree

Underneath the mushroom cloud

You might hear some reindeer on your rooftop

Or Jack Frost on your windowsill

But if someone's climbing down your chimney

You better load your gun and shoot to kill

It's Christmas at Ground Zero

And if the radiation level's okay

I'll go out with you and see all the new

Mutations on new year's day

It's Christmas at Ground Zero

Just seconds left to go

I'll duck and cover with my yuletide lover

Underneath the mistletoe

It's Christmas at Ground Zero

Now the missiles are on their way

What a crazy fluke

We're gonna get nuked on this jolly holiday

What a crazy fluke

We're gonna get nuked on this jolly holiday