(Christmas) Christmas Makes You Young Again

ABOUT THIS SONG

The whole family piles in, and for one day the old house forgets how old it is.

LYRICS

Daddy's up the ladder hangin' lights on a pine
Swear it's the last time all the bulbs worked fine
Mom is pushing picture frames back on the shelf
Making room for casseroles and everything else

Then the gravel starts to pop out front
Door slammin', everybody comin' at once
Nephew climbing out the back of the car
Dragging in my brother's old guitar

And the house don't act its age
Coats piled up on the bed
Handprints on that same low window
Right about where mine had been

Mama singing over dishes
The kids are dancing in the den
Ain't one quiet room left in it
No, the house don't act its age

Christmas makes you young again
Paper angel hangin' crooked on a limb
Third grade letters and inks worn thin
Now my daughter's on her tiptoes with a star

I got the camera, somebody's got the old guitar
Same dirty Santa since 94
They wrapped that magazine rack once more
You can spot it by the dent

And everybody knows it'll be pig last
That's how it goes
And the house don't act its age
Coats piled up on the bed

Handprints on that same low window
Right about where mine had been
Mama singing over dishes
The kids are dancing in the den

Ain't one quiet room left in it
No, the house don't act its age
Christmas makes you young again
Someday these kids'll load their cars

And chase it out of state
They'll find their way back up this drive
A little gray and late
And somebody wrapped that rack again

Same box, same dent, same day
And the house don't act its age
Somebody in every bed, every light down
Stairs still burnin

Mama's rockin' one more sleepy head
Daddy's tellin' one more twice
Ain't one quiet room left in it
No, the house don't act its age

And mama left the hall light on
Same as she did back then
Christmas makes you young again
Thanks for watching

CREDITS

Written & Performed by Chad Sanders
Recording, Engineering, Mixing & Mastering by Chad Sanders
Guitars, Keyboards & Programming by Chad Sanders
Instruments: Fender Telecaster • Yamaha Keyboard & additional instruments
Software: Ableton Live • ACID Pro multitrack • Sound Forge Studio

ABOUT "(CHRISTMAS) CHRISTMAS MAKES YOU YOUNG AGAIN"

"(Christmas) Christmas Makes You Young Again" is an original country family song written and recorded by Chad Sanders, an independent country music artist and songwriter from Alabama.

The whole family piles in, and for one day the old house forgets how old it is.

Fans of country Christmas song will find something real in this track, the kind of honest storytelling Chad Sanders is known for across his original catalog.

Chad Sanders writes and records from the perspective of someone rooted in North Alabama, North Alabama specifically, in the heart of Marshall County. His music reflects life as it actually is in small-town America, not as it's packaged for radio.

Released in April 2025, "(Christmas) Christmas Makes You Young Again" is available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music. Preview it here at ChadSandersOfficial.com before you stream.