Christmas (The Who)
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| "Christmas" | ||
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| Song by The Who | ||
| from the album Tommy | ||
| Released | May 23, 1969 | |
| Recorded | September 19, 1968 to March 7, 1969 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 4:34 | |
| Label | Polydor | |
| Writer(s) | Pete Townshend, The Who | |
| Producer(s) | Kit Lambert | |
| Tommy track listing | ||
| "Eyesight to the Blind (The Hawker) (6) |
"Christmas" (7) |
"Cousin Kevin" (8) |
Christmas is a song written by Pete Townshend and is the seventh song on the Who's rock opera Tommy. The song tells how on Christmas morning, Tommy's father (others claim it is both of Tommy's parents) is worried about Tommy's future, and soul. He claims "Tommy doesn't know what day it is/He doesn't know who Jesus was or what praying is," and he wonders "How can he be saved/From the eternal grave?"
That same Christmas, Tommy is given a game of pinball, foreshadowing to the events that take place in "Pinball Wizard".
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