When: Monday, Dec 16th 7:30PM ET

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12/13 NORTH ADAMS, MA - Studio 9 Porches https://studio9porches.com/performance/railway-concerts-presents-vance-gilbert/  
12/14 WHITE PLAINS, NY - Walkabout Coffeehouse - https://walkaboutchorus.org/coffeehouse-2024-2025/#December  
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2020 RERUN

I was looking for this appropriate pre-holiday lyric to post again, and I came across a bit of falafel-sizing that I thought was worth reposting along with it:


“And finally a question from and an answer to a minister friend:
“Re: your recent set of musings… your neighbor has really embedded himself under your skin. He pushes your buttons in a visceral way – why do you allow him to bug you so much? What does he represent from your past that you can’t let go of?

My answer:

My personal idea of ministry means not leaving anyone behind. That man represents the angry of my father, the angry that I could be if I let myself, and how it is those very people that deserve our time and love maybe more than anyone else. So maybe I’ll never let it go. It’s a blessing and a curse to not dismiss a hurtful one. Who am I to dismiss that man, right? I mean, at some point in time, aren’t we all ministers?
I think about that man every time I run past his house and that’s maybe four or five days a week, and each time I run past I say a little prayer that I see, Just a little teeny bit more goodness in me, I hope for a little more goodness in him.”

That said, here’s the lyrics to a tune I wrote called
Santa Claus Won't Stand Up In Your Yard (c) Vance Gilbert:

Santa Claus won’t stand up
In your yard (2x)
No matter how much air
That little fan
Keep blowing up inside
That plastic man
Santa Claus won’t stand up
In your yard

Rudolph’s leaning hard
To the right hand side (2X)
Red-nosed deer
Listing hard to starboard
All running paint
And wrinkled cardboard
Rudolph’s leaning hard
To the right hand side

I could hold him steady
While you hammer and stake the line (2X)
Nothing like a secondary
Set of hands
To stabilize a reindeer
And a big red man
I could hold him steady
While you hammer and stake the line

You give me evil eye
As I pass by in the rain (2X)
You mean and angry
And soaking wet
So getting passed by
Is all you gonna get

Santa Claus won’t stand up
In your yard (2X)
He and the Buddha
And the Son of God
Never come across a man
That make them work so hard
Santa Claus won’t stand up
In your yard