| "Christmas" | |||||
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| Song by The Who | |||||
| Album | Tommy | ||||
| Released | May 23, 1969 | ||||
| Recorded | September 19, 1968 to March 7, 1969 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 4:34 | ||||
| Label | Polydor | ||||
| Writer | Pete Townshend | ||||
| Producer | Kit Lambert | ||||
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"Christmas" is a song written by Pete Townshend and is the seventh song on The Who's rock opera Tommy. The song tells how on Christmas morning, Tommy's father (others claim it is both of Tommy's parents) is worried about Tommy's future, and soul. He claims "Tommy doesn't know what day it is/He doesn't know who Jesus was or what praying is," and he wonders "How can he be saved/From the eternal grave?"
Musical themes
Musically, Christmas introduces the See Me, Feel Me reprise. Also there is a short "Can You Hear Me" reprise that will be repeated in the song Tommy Can You Hear Me. That same Christmas, Tommy is given a game of pinball, foreshadowing to the events that take place in "Pinball Wizard"
Cover Versions
The Smithereens did a cover on their 2007 album "Christmas with The Smithereens."
