Merry Christmas Exclamation Point (Jon Lajoie)

SONG:
Written by Jon Lajoie
Produced and Mixed by Joe Corcoran
Recorded by Joe Corcoran, Jon Lajoie, Vincent Hamel, Lester Nuby, Scott Simons and Kari Kimmel
Mastered by Hans DeKline

Jon Lajoie: Vocals and Piano
Lester Nuby: Drums
Joe Corcoran: Bass, Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals
Chloé Dominguez: Cello
Choir (The Melodicons): Lea Endres, Kari Kimmel, Scott Simons, Jon Lajoie and Joe Corcoran

VIDEO:
Written, Directed, Produced and Edited by Jon Lajoie
Co-Directed & Produced by Brandon Dermer
First AC - Andrew Harris
Production Designer - Elise Hannaford
Key Make Up - Alicia Mizrahi Siller
Make Up - Mayera Abeita
Wardrobe - Marchelle Hall
DIT: Andrew Wilsak
Jon's family - Roy Allen, Alisha Ketry, Chris Stephens and Chelsea Hancock
Video Choir - Joe Corcoran, Jenny Ewing, Manuel Eduardo Velazquez, Viviene Tucker, Jonathan Haskell
Text Receivers - Jeremy Tant, Brandon Dermer, Jonathan Pessin

LYRICS:
You're the dude from high school I see at the gym
You're a friend of a friend or a second cousin
You're a coworker I sometimes eat lunch with
You're one of my many acquaintances
You know Christmas is about spending time
With friends and family
but just because you're not in one of those
two categories
Doesn't mean that I won't still do something special for you
Because Christmas is about giving, so here's what I'll do

I'm gonna send you a Christmas text (Christmas text, Christmas text)
Gonna type Merry Christmas exclamation point and then press send

Maybe I'll just copy and paste it (from a previous text)
Well, it's only two words I might as well just type it (less complicated)
If you're thinking of calling me to thank me, oh please don't (that's not how this works)
Texting is as far as this relationship goes (and keep your response brief)
I have way more important people in my life
You're not even in the top fifty
It's not that I don't care about you...
Well, yeah, I don't really care about you
But doesn't mean that I won't still do something special for you
Because Christmas is about giving, so here's what I'll do

I'm gonna send you a Christmas text (Christmas text, Christmas text)
Gonna type Merry Christmas exclamation point and then press send

I don't care enough to call
but I don't "not care" enough to do nothing

And to all of my non-Christian friends I will text you...
"Hey dude, what's going on? We should tots hang next week"

[jonlajoie]

For those of you who were asking for the lyrics, I just posted them in the description.  Merry Christmas!  (Hahaha!  It's funny because that's what the song's about about!  I'm a genuis!)

[therobotuner]

This is my favorite Christmas song. Three years later and it still is.

[AlienWoodpecker]

I’m listening to this on Christmas 2024!

[diraska]

Every year this song fills me with joy! And makes a great replacement for actually sending ‘merry Christmas!’

[Sisko]

This song was just on the radio in Regina, SK.

[IkeofCrimea]

This is absolutely the best Christmas song ever. Even better than The Best Christmas Song, and I thought that was hard to top.

[liviuanutian]

This could be the perfect reply to all those "Merry Christmas !" that we're sure to receive this year. Cheers to Jon !

[jaoriprilj]

Watching this video on Christmas Day has become a tradition. 7 years later and this song still holds true. :)

[schok]

Actually, thanks to you Jon, I don't even need to waste time texting anybody! I only have to put that video on my Facebook wall and wish everybody a merry Christmas. Isn't the Internet wonderful?

[michaelmchugh]

Back again. Every year. Coming home from every works christmas drinks. Love it. Exclamation point!

[lisandroiaffar]

I come back here and share this with my friends every December since this came out. We laugh every single time. And of course, we send each other the corresponding standard "Merry Christmas!" text. It's a sacred Christmas tradition by now :')

[MooseMuncha]

Merry Christmas! Still sending this to my friends every year. What a tune

[John_FMTV]

It’s that time of year again
Merry Christmas 🎄

[firepants]

The epitome of this generations holiday endeavors! 

[MojoDi]

Epic and so true - as always :) Thx for this one

[inybisinsulate]

I sang this 3 hours after upload when my friend's gramps drove us to our last school trip watching a theater play. I don't even remember what play it was but I certainly remember this song. We sang all your prior songs during school hikes, deliberately staying like 10 minutes behind so we could slur, love you always will ^^

[Reighn_Field]

Happy birthday to this song, and Merry Chrismas Exclamation Point to everyone! it's nearly there!

[AlexisDBY]

I listen to this and the best christmas song every year since 2013. Joyeux Noël ! from France Jon I love you.

[UntitledName]

The time has come again for this song!!

[debradoernbach]

You are a genius!  You are that person one invites to sad movies and funerals and end up laughing so hard because of the way you see humor in everything!