Happy Xmas (War Is Over) es una canción protesta contra la guerra de Vietnam, se convirtió pronto en un himno, apareciendo en numerosos álbumes recopilatorios de canciones navideñas.
La letra se basa en una campaña de publicidad llevada a cabo a finales de 1969 por John y su mujer, Yoko, quienes alquilaron vallas publicitarias y espacios en revistas, con un costo aproximado de 1 millón de dolares, para incluir el lema "War Is Over (If You Want It)", que puede traducirse al español como "La guerra ha terminado (si tú quieres)".
A continuación la letra y luego el videoclip.
(Happy Xmas Kyoko
Happy Xmas Julian)
So this is Xmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Xmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas
And what have we done
Another year over
A new one just begun
And so happy Xmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very Merry Xmas
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
Happy Xmas
La letra se basa en una campaña de publicidad llevada a cabo a finales de 1969 por John y su mujer, Yoko, quienes alquilaron vallas publicitarias y espacios en revistas, con un costo aproximado de 1 millón de dolares, para incluir el lema "War Is Over (If You Want It)", que puede traducirse al español como "La guerra ha terminado (si tú quieres)".
A continuación la letra y luego el videoclip.
(Happy Xmas Kyoko
Happy Xmas Julian)
So this is Xmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Xmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas
And what have we done
Another year over
A new one just begun
And so happy Xmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very Merry Xmas
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
Happy Xmas