What Good Is Being Cranky (When It's Christmas Time)

WHAT GOOD IS BEING CRANKY (WHEN IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME)?
(Mary Ehlinger / William Schermerhorn)
© Ghent Road Music Publishing (ASCAP)

What good is being cranky
When it’s Christmas time;
When Christmas bells
Are ringing loud and clear?
What good is being cranky
When it’s Christmas time;
When the most happy
Time of year is here?

Bells ring merrily. Carolers sing.
The days are filled with joyful songs of old.
Bright stockings, once on tiny feet,
Await a candy treat,
And trees dress up in lights of red and gold!

What good is being cranky
When it’s Christmas time;
When snowflakes dance
On ev’ry street and hill?
What good is being cranky
When it’s Christmas time;
When happy thoughts
Can ease the winter chill?

Pudding! Cake! Christmas pie! A holiday feast!
Await the guests who journey far and near.
While children frolic in the snow,
Older folks hang mistletoe.
No wonder it’s the favorite time of year!

What good is being cranky
When it’s Christmas time;
When Christmas dreams
Wait underneath the tree?
What good is being cranky?
When it’s Christmas time;
When all the world
Is singing out with me!