"All I Want For Christmas (Is To Be Alone)" is the debut holiday single by Berlin singer/multi-instrumentalist Dirk Homuth and New York City lyricist Charlie Mason.

The new single juxtaposes Homuth's nimble, acoustic guitar work and soaring vocals with Mason's downbeat diary of a narrator who would trade the usual trappings of the holidays — presents, meals, time with friends — for solitude:

I'm as thankful as can be / And yet if it were up to me… / All I want for Christmas / Is to reap what I have sown / All I want for Christmas / Is to be alone

The playful catchiness of Homuth's melodies serves as a stark counterpoint to the narrator's stance that the most welcome holiday present would be his own absence.

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