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Hold on to Christmas Day

by Fortunate Ones

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about

Fortunate Ones’ new holiday offering was born out of the ashes of a tough year; one that has been life-altering for so many, in so many ways. Produced by Canadian music legend, Alan Doyle, Hold on to Christmas Day is cautiously hopeful and immediately joyous. It is a send-off to the rollercoaster that has been 2020. It is a deep exhale and a toast to a fresh start, equal parts elegy and anthem.

lyrics

This year was a bastard
What else can you say?
It feels like these 12 months just got in the way
But I gotta believe that we’ll all be okay
If we hold on to Christmas Day

Some days felt like lifetimes without a reprieve
But they’ll read like old news when the trees lose their leaves
And you’ll wake on the far side of all your bad dreams
If we hold on to Christmas Day

What lies up ahead of us nobody knows
And the past is a tale that we’ve already told
We’re all looking for someone or something to hold
So let's hold on to Christmas Day

There’ll be time to be thankful for what we have got
And to let go of things that we know we need not
Like the dew in December, or a blizzard in May
If we hold on to Christmas Day

What lies up ahead of us nobody knows
And the past is a tale that we’ve already told
We’re all looking for someone or something to hold
So let's hold on to Christmas Day

And we’ll hold on
And we’ll hold on
And we’ll hold on
A year’s just a circle round the sun
And we’ll hold on
And we’ll hold on
The good and the bad ones gone and so many yet to come
And we’ll hold on

We’ll learn to look back on the year come and gone
And bury its memory like snow on the lawn
And we’ll tip all our glasses to carrying on
If we hold on to Christmas Day

What lies up ahead of us nobody knows
And the past is a tale that we’ve already told
We’re all looking for someone or something to hold
So let's hold on to Christmas Day
Let’s hold on to Christmas Day
Let’s hold on to Christmas Day

And we’ll hold on
A year’s just a circle round the sun
And we’ll hold on
And we’ll hold on
The good and the bad ones gone and so many yet to come
And we’ll hold on - hold on to Christmas Day

credits

released November 20, 2020
Written by Fortunate Ones
Produced and engineered by Alan Doyle in St. John’s, NL with additional engineering by Peter Green, Catherine Allan, Cory Tetford and Kendel Carson
Mixed & Mastered by Cory Tetford in Dartmouth, NS
Cover Art by Noah Bender

Catherine Allan - vocals, piano
Andrew O’Brien - vocals, acoustic guitars

with

Alan Doyle - bouzouki, accordion
Karen Ennis - whistle
Kendel Carson - fiddle
Josh Ward - bass, mandolin
Kris MacFarlane - drums, percussion

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Fortunate Ones St. John'S, Newfoundland and Labrador

Canadian Folk/pop duo.

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