This was written during a Christmas songwriting marathon that I did not instigate one summer while I was living in Salt Lake City. For a while I was coming home from work with lyrics that needed music put to them. They were a little "interruptive" but I really didn't mind at all. Bring them on, God. I'll write them down for You. 

The Animals Are Celebrating
By Vic Zarley

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The animals are celebrating Christmas can’t you see
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The bears are hibernating, they’ll awake eventually
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The snakes are shedding everything they thought had kept them in
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The monkeys are just itching…for Christmas to begin

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Chorus:	The animals are celebrating
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	The birth of Jesus Christ
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	The ostriches will hide their heads no more
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	The dragons are on fire
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	Giraffs are reaching higher
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	The owl says that’s what Christmases are for

Orangatang is hanging upside down, he dangles there
So down is up and up is down and round seems very square
Christmas is an otter sliding gladly down the hill
Or the ferret meditating standing very still (chorus)

The chicken’s not afraid to know the Christ is born right now
The turtle takes it very slow but he’ll get there somehow
Though it isn’t funny the heyena laughs so loud
In celebration of His birth, the peacock struts so proud (chorus)

Yes, all this zoo is celebrating Christmas. It’s so dear
‘Cause everyone of us can really feel that Christmas cheer
Yes, everyone of us will surely bless this Christmas day
By saying, “Merry Christmas” each of us in his own way (chorus but end with:  )

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The owl says that’s what Christmases
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	The owl says that’s what Christmases
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	The owl says that’s what Chrismtases are for