"Christmas Cake" genre: Folk Rock
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	In Japan, if a woman is not married by the time she is 25 years old she is referred to as a "Christmas Cake". The thought being that the day after Christmas (the 26th) no one wants to purchase the cake. This song is about that. It's one of the songs of mine that people seem to like the most.
	CD: 13 Credits: (c)(p) 1993 nicholas critelli III
	Story Behind the Song I had a friend named Sakiko who was celebrating her 25th birthday when I learned of her unhappiness as referenced in the aforestated song description. Lyrics Sakiko turns 25 and she needs to find a man So she can live happily All her friends are married now They all had kids by 23 Her parents are concerned they talk behind her back but don't speak when she's around and though they love her so their smiling faces never frown Because they know she's getting old and she's lacking what it takes They wish that she would be more bold and not be a Christmas Cake... Just another Saturday she's staying home alone no one to call, no one to date she tries to occupy herself but knows already it's too late Her friends all envy her they say they like her style "To be so free!" they all exclaim and though they mean her well they only cause the poor girl pain Because she knows she's getting old and she's lacking what it takes She wishes she could be more bold and not be a Christmas Cake she knows that: this is what she gets for believing that someday a prince will find her; Stuck on a shelf with the best years of life going stale inside her Sakiko turns 25, she needs to find a man.

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