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• Christmas Shoes Lyrics - The Christmas Shoes is a song by the contemporary Christian band NewSong. The song later became an inspiration for a novel, film and play. The song deals with a young boy trying to get a pair of Christmas shoes for his dying mother. The song hit number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles chart on January 6, 2001.CBS: Christmas Shoes Television Special

• Fast Facts

  1. Genre: Christmas
  2. Album: Christmas Shoes
  3. Label: Reunion Records
  4. Writers: Eddie Carswell, Leonard Ahlstrom
  5. Producers: Bill Baumgart, George King
  6. Released: 2000
  7. First released as a bonus track on the album Sheltering Tree
  8. Inspired by a Christmas story found on the internet
  9. Inspired a novella by author Donna VanLiere
  10. In Tom Reynolds' book I Hate Myself and Want to Die (2006), he named "The Christmas Shoes" as the most depressing song in modern recorded music historyGuardian: Sad Songs Say So Much (June 10, 2005)

• Chorus

  • Sir, I wanna buy these shoes for my momma please.
  • It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size.
  • Could you hurry, Sir?
  • Daddy says there's not much time.
  • You see, she's been sick for quite a while;
  • Know these shoes will make her smile.
  • Want her to look beautiful if Momma meets Jesus tonight.

• Artist Facts

  1. Genre: Contemporary Christian Music
  2. Origin: Valdosta, Georgia
  3. Years Active: 1981-Present
  4. Members: Eddie Carswell, Billy Goodwin, Matt Butler, Nate Sallie
  5. 20 number 1 singles and 8 GMA Dove Award nominations
  6. Founders of the The Winter Jam Tour Spectacular

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