Oh Christmas Tree

• Tune: O Tannenbaum, trad. German
• Lyrics: Julie McCall

Fair­trade version:

Oh Christ­mas tree, Oh Christ­mas tree
With piles of gifts we love to see
Beneath the branch­es they’re displayed
I hope that they are all Fair Trade!
Don’t buy those games and ted­dy bears
Unless the Fair Trade label’s there
Go tell your friends and family
To shop in solidarity.

Oh Christ­mas tree with gifts so grand
Were any made by chil­dren’s hands?
A Christ­mas bar­gain’s not so nice
If sweat­shop work­ers paid the price
Con­sumers, let’s all use our clout
It’s time to get the mes­sage out
The great­est gift beneath the tree
Is glob­al solidarity.

Stop Rose­bank Version
by Cli­mate Choir song lead­ers from across UK, Novem­ber 2025

Oh Christ­mas tree, oh Christ­mas tree,
Come help pro­tect humanity.
We’re singing to tell Equinor,
To cease from knock­ing at our door.
Stop Rose­bank now and let us see
All types of green­er energy
Oh Christ­mas tree from Norway’s soil,
We do not want your dirty oil

Oh Christ­mas tree, oh Christ­mas tree,
We need to live sustainably.
Come lis­ten to our hope­ful sound,
To keep the oil in the ground.
All politi­cians green and fair
You must not grant a licence there
We join with nature now to say,
That oil and gas have had their day