Father Christmas (song)

"Father Christmas"
Single by The Kinks
B-side	"Prince of the Punks"
Released	25 November 1977
Format	7" single
Recorded	Begun 1976, completed October 1977 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
Genre	Rock, punk rock, power pop, holiday music
Length	3:45
Label	Arista 153 (U.K.) Arista AS 0296 (U.S.)
Writer(s)	Ray Davies
Producer(s)	Ray Davies
The Kinks singles chronology
"Juke Box Music" (1977) "Father Christmas" (1977) "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" (1978)

"Father Christmas" is a 1977 single by English group The Kinks.

It tells of a department store Father Christmas who is beaten up by a gang of poor kids who tell him to give them money instead of toys, as toys are impractical; and asks that the toys be given "to the little rich boys." At one point, a child asks the narrator to give his/her father a job for Christmas—or, if he must deliver a toy, a machine gun.

The song has been covered a number of times by bands including the Gigolo Aunts, Green Day, Man Overboard, Bad Religion, Warrant, Lit, Bowling For Soup, Save Ferris, Smash Mouth, Cary Brothers, Action Action, Everything, Deer Tick, OK Go, and the Clay Pigeons.

The track appeared on several commercials in the US for the 2006 film Unaccompanied Minors.

The track was included on the Arista compilation Come Dancing with The Kinks and is also available as a bonus track on the CD reissue of the Kinks' 1978 album Misfits.