Happy Xmas (War is Over) es una maravillosa canción de mi admirado John Lennon grabada y lanzada como sencillo en 1971 en Estados Unidos, aunque en el Reino Unido el lanzamiento se retrasaría un año. En la canción participa, además de la que era su mujer Yoko Ono, el coro de niños del Harlem Community Choir. Realmente esta canción que se ha convertido en una de las más cantadas por diferentes artistas y que aparece en todos los recopilatorios navideños, se escribió como una canción protesta contra la Guerra de Vietnam.
So this is Christmas
And what have you done?
Another year over
And new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
The rich and the poor ones
The road is so long
And so Happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight
A very Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Christmas
And what have we done?
Another year over
And new one just begun...
And so Happy Christmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over
If you want it
War is over
Now