Christmas Song of the Day-Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Kind of appropriate, doncha think, as we wind down one misbegotten war, pursue another one and eye a  possible new conflict with a 3rd country.  John Lennon never put out a Christmas album. Neither did the Beatles, though they released a Christmas fan club record every year. But he did hit the mark with his one and only Christmas effort. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was released as a single in late 1971 and it failed to chart in the U.S. though it hit number 2 on the UK Pop charts. But that didn't matter, because it became a holiday perennial appearing like clockwork in late November on stations around the world. Along with "Imagine" it is probably Lennon's biggest, most-well known solo recording. Somber in tone and message, with the hopeful "War Is Over, If You Want It" tag(a slogan Lennon paid to have put on billboards around the world in those dark Vietnam Days) it manages to overcome the vocals of one, Ms Yoko Ono!