Released: October 16, 2012

Songwriter: Plastic Ono Band John Lennon Yoko Ono

Producer: David Hodges

[Verse 1]
So this is Christmas
And what have you done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun
So this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

[Chorus]
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

[Verse 2]
So this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight

[Chorus]
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

[Verse 3]
So this is Christmas
And what have we done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun
So this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

[Chorus]
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

[Outro]
War is over
If you want it
War is over
Now
War is over
If you want it
War is over
Now
War is over
If you want it
War is over
Now
War is over
If you want it
War is over
Now

Christina Perri

Christina Perri is an American singer and songwriter from Pennsylvania. Her debut single “Jar of Hearts” was featured on the Fox television show So You Think You Can Dance in 2010. The single went on to sell over 3 million copies in the United States and was a hit around the world, skyrocketing Perri’s career. In the UK, it reached number three on the charts and spent over three months in the UK Top 40. A few months later, Perri released her first extended play, The Ocean Way Sessions.

After “Jar of Hearts” began to gather a large amount of attention, Perri signed a record deal with Atlantic Records. Her debut album, Lovestrong, was released on May 10, 2011. In 2012, she wrote and recorded “A Thousand Years” for the film The Twilight Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) and it appears on the accompanying soundtrack. The song went on to sell over 4 million copies in the United States, being certified 4× platinum. Her second EP, A Very Merry Perri Christmas, was released in October 2012. Her second studio album, Head or Heart, was released on April 1, 2014.