Gift Up

Gift Up

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Gift Up episodes

  • Christmas Anthem

    Gift Up was produced by Local Business Comedy. 

    Christmas Anthem written by Joey Clift

    Produced and Mixed by Alec Sherrie

    Recorded at Seaward Studios 

    Vocals by Nick Gligor, Elizabeth Hayhurst

    Additional Instrumental Production by Luke Burba


    LYRICS:


    I’ll write you a carol, it will have a Christmas theme

    It will be a Christmas anthem, jolly it will seem

    It will rally all the children to wish for better gifts

    And the jingle bells will jingle and boost morale throughout my shift


    I'll write you a carol and I hope you won't resent

    Because in your chimney stocking, you will find a new present

    So kids don't be upset, that it's time for me to go

    And so I say Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night

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    6 min
  • Brand New Christmas Tree

    Gift Up was produced by Local Business Comedy. 

    Brand New Christmas Tree written by Joey Clift

    Produced and Mixed by Alec Sherrie

    Recorded at Seaward Studios 

    Vocals by Nick Gligor, Elizabeth Hayhurst

    Additional Instrumental Production by Luke Burba


    LYRICS:


    I'll be the tinsel hanging,

    Placed and thrown with the ornaments on an Evergreen

    With The Presents Underneath

    I'll be the warm oven that's making all the ginger bread

    While you sit there and hate on your fruit cake


    I’ll be the credit card that helps you afford a P S 4

    Christmas gifts make the register go Ka-Ching

    I'll be the hot chocolate that brings your favorite memories back as you're sitting there opening presents…

    opening presents...

    I'll be the magic corn and undo what gravity’s done to you...

    You won't have to strain to fly into the sky

    I'll be your big red coat buttoned up to keep out the snow

    While the sleigh goes up and you’ll say Ho Ho Ho


    I’m traveling so far and I’m giving all around

    A cookie in my mouth

    We'll fly over the sea and the kids will welcome me

    With a brand new Christmas Tree

    Where decorations change,

    I’ll bring you candy canes

    The Christmas Stockings Hang

    And needles cover ground

    Under our bare feet from this brand new Christmas Tree


    Brand new Christmas Tree

    Santa Is My Name

    HoOo oOo…


    Santa Is My Name

    HoOo oOo…


    Santa Is My Name

    HoOo oOo…

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    5 min
  • This Workshop’s A Prison

    Gift Up was produced by Local Business Comedy. 

    This Workshop’s A Prison written by Stephen Perlstein

    Produced and Mixed by Alec Sherrie

    Recorded at Seaward Studios 

    Vocals by Nick Gligor, Elizabeth Hayhurst

    Additional Instrumental Production by Luke Burba


    LYRICS:


    This workshop’s a prison

    And these children aren’t your friends

    Demanding thrills, gifts, twenty dollar bills

    And the wrappings are ripped and then gutted again

    And again


    There’s deers at the launch ramps, decorated wreaths

    And you may skate the grounds on fresh blades in blue knit gown

    But elves are not permitted to leave


    I know there’s a big world out there of colors more than red and green

    In our wrapping room late last night

    Bows were almost too bright to see

    And I know that it’s not a holiday if it happens every night

    Pretending there’s good will I’m scared of krampus

    When you’re building by candlelight


    What does it take to get egg nog in this place?


    What does it take, how long must I make?

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    5 min
  • We Will Munch Gingerbreads

    Gift Up was produced by Local Business Comedy. 

    We Will Munch Gingerbreads written by Nick Gligor

    Produced and Mixed by Alec Sherrie

    Recorded at Seaward Studios 

    Vocals by Nick Gligor, Elizabeth Hayhurst

    Additional Instrumental Production by Luke Burba


    LYRICS:


    I've got a workshop with lots of toys

    Filling my sleigh up for good girls and boys

    And I'm not coming home

    Until Christmas is over

    and I’m skipping the midnight mass

    flying around the world for snacks

    And I'm ho’ing at the top of my lungs 

    Descending these reindeer onto some roof

    Some roof that isn’t mine


    And we will munch gingerbreads when the night is finally done

    Ho ho ho…


    I wanted to walk through a house with treats

    Unfortunately they had nothing to eat

    And all the gingerbreads were gone when I went to the store

    Because your parents just cannot bake, the cookies I eat at an alarming rate

    and my hunger won’t be put on hold, 

    So no gifts for you

    And that’s why kids get coal

    (And it won’t be silent night)


    And we will munch gingerbreads when the night is finally done

    Ho ho ho…

    And we will munch gingerbreads when the night is finally done

    Ho ho ho…

    And we will munch gingerbreads when the night is finally done

    Ho ho ho…

    And we will munch gingerbreads when the night is finally done

    Ho ho ho…


    And we will munch

    And we will munch

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    6 min
  • Clark Griswold

    Gift Up was produced by Local Business Comedy. 

    Clark Griswold written by Stephen Perlstein

    Produced and Mixed by Alec Sherrie

    Recorded at Seaward Studios 

    Vocals by Nick Gligor, Elizabeth Hayhurst

    Additional Instrumental Production by Luke Burba


    LYRICS:


    I was shopping in a Chi-town mall looking for an Under-Gown when it struck me 

    That I've been waiting since March to find a tree that I’d cut down... like the movie 

    So I changed my plans, hopped into the family Station Wagon and then I called you

    "I need you to pretend that it's Christmas time again" you said “Do I need to?”


    I want so badly to believe that “it’s the truth, that Claus is real"

    And I want cheer in every word, an ornament and a blizzard


    I got a gift, a jelly of the month club card, I reached my limit!

    The eve it called for snow but it is clear today so I'm angry

    My brain had snapped and I yelled "drum roll on the street" and then yelled "hit it!"

    And I light you in a style that Clark Griswold would have admired (That movie’s classic)


    I want so badly to believe that “it’s the truth, that Claus is real"

    And I want cheer in every word, an ornament and a blizzard


    I know budgets are tight this year, but do you ever get the fear

    That you'll be kidnaped despite the yule I want my bonus I want a new pool.


    I want my bonus I want a new pool.

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    6 min
  • Recycled Gifts

    Gift Up was produced by Local Business Comedy. 

    Recycled Gifts written by Nick Gligor

    Produced and Mixed by Alec Sherrie

    Recorded at Seaward Studios 

    Vocals by Nick Gligor, Elizabeth Hayhurst

    Additional Instrumental Production by Luke Burba


    LYRICS:


    I take a bite

    Of a cookie till there’s none in sight

    Santa’s feeling blue

    Day after Christmas and my job is through


    Ho ho ho ho….


    Kringle’s beard is white

    As the old reindeer refrain from flight

    Last night? The moon

    Now it’s eggnog and a sense of gloom


    Ho ho ho ho….


    I watch the children sift through their gifts on the twenty sixth

    And from here they can’t see I’m pissed

    The sad state of recycled gifts

    I watch the children sift through their gifts on the twenty sixth

    Calm down, they got their wish

    The sad state of recycled gifts

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    5 min
  • Children's Letters [Featuring Mrs. Claus]

    Gift Up was produced by Local Business Comedy. 

    Children's Letters [Featuring Mrs. Claus] written by Nick Gligor

    Produced and Mixed by Alec Sherrie

    Recorded at Seaward Studios 

    Vocals by Nick Gligor, Elizabeth Hayhurst


    LYRICS:


    SANTA

    Will someone please call the elves in

    Who can pack my gifts and prepare this oaken sleigh

    Since I’m deserting you for the holiday

    I’ll just accept that it’s Christmas

    And I will shut the door like a creature leaving the house

    But never stirring; like a mouse from poetry


    So, just stay asleep in bed tonight

    And I swear I’ll be back by morning time


    Tell me as I fly to deliver trinkets, toys and sweaters

    I’d rather be with my wife instead of reading Children’s Letters


    MRS. CLAUS

    I feel the halls have been decked here

    You're getting carried away, putting pressure on your elves

    With all these visions of sugar plum fairies

    But dear I know it’s December

    I've made charts and maps that should make your route more clear

    I don’t need a lecture on why you have to leave


    So please board your sleigh and say Ho ho


    SANTA

    I am my darling, I love the snow...


    BOTH

    Ho, ho


    SANTA

    Tell me as I fly to deliver trinkets, toys and sweaters

    That you are still my bride even as I answer Children’s Letters

    (Tell me as I fly…)


    MRS. CLAUS

    I don’t mean to chastise but please be careful out there Kringle


    SANTA

    (Tell me as I fly…)


    MRS. CLAUS

    Children need this night as long as there are bells that jingle


    SANTA

    I know that I ate the fruitcakes that I swear

    I'll never devour again

    MRS. CLAUS

    You've got a belly i can't deny,

    But you have a job so Santa, fly...

    Santa, fly.

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    5 min
  • Sleeping In (On Christmas)

    Gift Up was produced by Local Business Comedy. 

    Sleeping In (On Christmas) written by Joey Clift

    Produced and Mixed by Alec Sherrie

    Recorded at Seaward Studios 

    Vocals by Nick Gligor, Elizabeth Hayhurst

    Additional Instrumental Production by Luke Burba


    LYRICS:


    Last year, it was Christmas Eve

    Where a sleigh was pulled by Rudolph and his team.

    Where there was never any mystery of who old Santy Claus could be

    He was just an elf with nothing to prove

    Riding a sleigh pulled by nine reindeers’ hooves

    His belly jiggled like it had jelly in the center

    And became famous on that day in December


    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping

    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping in

    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping

    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping in


    Again last night, it was Christmas Eve

    Where a sleigh was pulled by Rudolph and his team.

    Where concerns about their Amazon prime orders

    The parents thought their kids wouldn’t get Transformers

    For telling children what they'd like to be gifted

    For being nice in hopes of being nice-listed

    For giving presents with the real name of the giver

    Now we can give any day in December


    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping in

    (now we can give any day in December)

    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping in

    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping

    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping in


    [x3]

    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping in

    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping

    HOOo hoOo hoOo


    [x2]

    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping in

    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping

    HOOo hoOo hoOo

    (It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping in

    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping)


    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping in

    It’s Christmas I plan on sleeping

    HOOo hoOo hoOo

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    5 min
  • Such Great Flights

    Gift Up was produced by Local Business Comedy. 

    Such Great Flights written by Stephen Perlstein

    Produced and Mixed by Alec Sherrie

    Recorded at Seaward Studios 

    Vocals by Nick Gligor, Elizabeth Hayhurst

    Additional Instrumental Production by Luke Burba


    LYRICS:


    I am soaring through the skies.

    And the reindeer that do fly

    Are nearly limitless and when

    they trot they lift off to the sky


    And I have to speculate

    That Christ himself did bake

    Me decorated cookie cakes

    As festive goodies for my sleigh


    And you, you may seem like a grinch.

    But my sleigh won't move an inch

    Until you brush your teeth for bed

    And fall asleep without a flinch


    When you are out there in the snow

    For several weeks you hope

    And when you scan the gifts at home

    I know rudolph will guide me home


    They will see us flying in such great flights

    “Leave Gifts Now!” They’ll say

    But every gift looks perfect from far away,

    “Leave Gifts Now!” But, we’ll sleigh.


    I tried my best to leave

    The gifts under your tree

    But the assistant elf said they were grim 

    Upon witnessing


    And that hanky will not fly.

    You will get the nicest ties

    And the clothesest clothes with the gifts unwrapped

    And Santa’s flying back home


    They will see us flying in such great flights

    “Leave Gifts Now!” They’ll say

    But every gift looks perfect from far away,

    “Leave Gifts Now!” But, we’ll sleigh.


    They will see us flying in such great flights

    They’ll say

    But every gift looks perfect from far away,

    “Leave Gifts Now!” But, we’ll sleigh.


    They will see us flying in such great flights

    “Leave Gifts Now!”

    They will see us flying in such great flights

    “Leave Gifts Now!”

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    5 min
  • The North Pole Sleeps Alone Tonight

    Gift Up was produced by Local Business Comedy. 

    The North Pole Sleeps Alone Tonight written by Joey Clift. 

    Produced and Mixed by Alec Sherrie

    Recorded at Seaward Studios 

    Vocals by Nick Gligor, Elizabeth Hayhurst

    Additional Instrumental Production by Luke Burba


    LYRICS:


    Smeared black soot, your tree is pretty,

    the lights barely glistening. Their gift demands

    I’m staring at Rudolph wondering, how we’ll make deliveries.

    Ho Ho Ho

    Ho Ho Ho


    Thumb my nose... a red outfit with a bag of letters from kids who want presents

    That tells your Jew friends I am a visitor here

    I am a jolly elf

    And the only thing letting me fly is

    Ho Ho Ho

    Ho Ho Ho

    Ho Ho Ho


    I make a list, check it twice, 

    To see if you’ve been naughty or nice

    A stranger in your chimney explaining that I am just gift giving

    Ms. Clause I must be leaving

    Tonight is Christmas Evening

    Tonight is Christmas Evening


    North Pole sleeps alone tonight


    Ho Ho Ho

    Ho Ho Ho

    Ho Ho Ho


    I make a list, check it twice, 

    To see if you’ve been naughty or nice

    A stranger in your chimney explaining that I am just gift giving

    Ms. Clause I must be leaving

    Tonight is Christmas Evening

    Tonight is Christmas Evening


    Ho Ho Ho

    Ho Ho Ho

    Ho Ho Ho


    The North Pole sleeps alone tonight after the kids turn out their lights

    And send my sleigh soaring into the jolliest evening

    Ms. Clause I must be leaving

    Tonight is Christmas Evening

    Tonight is Christmas Evening

    Tonight is Christmas Evening

    Tonight is Christmas Evening

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    6 min

About Gift Up

From the publisher's feed

What if the indie pop supergroup The Postal Service was obsessed with Christmas, and made their entire album Give Up about Christmas. It would be this.