Originally posted to Youtube as “Christmas Eve” in 2011, Mal Blum re-recorded and released this song as “Xmas Eve” in 2023. According to the artist, the song is based on a true story:
“When I was 16 I did one of the worst things I’ve ever done, if not the worst thing I’ve ever done, and then I wrote...
[Verse]
Last night was holy
Whole lot of whiskey
No one celebrates the birth of Christ like me
Least I don't think so
But I was so gone
Stole that baby from the manger
On your front lawn
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh please
Oh forgive me
But can you believe
The things we tell ourselves on Christmas Eve
If you ask me
I didn't mean it
So help me Jesus
Last night was Christmas Eve
[Chorus]
Everyone knows I've got a sweet spot for you
That I cannot bear to let out
So I covered it in clothes
And I drink and I stole
That baby, I stole that baby from your house
And I stole that baby, I stole that baby from your house
On Christmas Eve
[Verse]
I don't use your name and
You don't use my name and
You write me letters that I'm not supposed to find and
I took the bus there
We were going nowhere
It didn't feel like we were going nowhere at the time
[Pre-Chorus]
And forgive me
But can you believe
The song I wrote for you last Christmas Eve
If you ask me
I never mean it
But can you believe it
Last night was Christmas Eve
[Chorus]
Everyone knows I've got a sweet spot for you
That I cannot bear to let out
So I covered it in clothes
Pour myself in a hole
Where I wait 'til I am out
And I stole that baby, I stole that baby from your house
On Christmas Eve
[Outro]
Oh you forgive and you forget
And you budge and you bend
And I forgave and you forgot
Again and again
And I was crying in my car
And swearing that it would end
While you were dancing in the bar
And swearing that we were friends
And we forgave and we forgot
And we budged and we bent
And by that time the holidays had come
And then they went and
You came here and I went there
'Cuz we always make amends
And then it was Christmas Eve again
It is Christmas Eve
Xmas Eve was written by Mal Blum.
Xmas Eve was produced by Jessica Boudreaux.