Not This Year

"Not This Year"
Song by 78violet from the album Acoustic Hearts of Winter
Released	September 26, 2006 (see Acoustic Hearts of Winter)
Recorded	2006
Genre	Christmas, Alternative rock
Language	English
Length	3:24
Label	Hollywood
Writer	Alyson Michalka, Amanda Michalka, Antonina Armato, Tim James
Acoustic Hearts of Winter track listing
Little Drummer Boy (10) "Not This Year" (11)

"Not This Year" is a Christmas song written by 78violet. It was featured as the closing track on the album, Acoustic Hearts of Winter. This song was not released as a single and is one of the only two songs originally written by Aly & AJ with the other being "Greatest Time of Year" from their 2006 Christmas album.

Song information

"Not This Year" is a mid-tempo song about not feeling jolly during the holiday season.

It's not snow, It's rain coming down

And the lights are cool,

But they burn out

And I can't pull off the cheer

Not this year

Aly & AJ said in their lyric book that this song was dedicated to their grandmother Carmen who died on Christmas Eve a couple years ago.^[1]

This song is the alter ego of their single, "Greatest Time of Year". "Greatest Time of Year" is a happy, cheerful, and dancy Christmas song, while "Not This Year" is a sad, reflectful, and expresses what a non-greatest Christmas is like.

References

1. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Acoustic-Hearts-Winter-Aly-AJ/dp/B000HDZKEG