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On Christmas Eve

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Imagine being so excited for Christmas morning that every year, you convince your entire family to celebrate a day early…That’s Barbra Lica in a chestnut shell. Now, after years of celebrating Christmas on Christmas Eve, Barbra presents a brand new song capturing all the childhood magic and excitement of December 24th. Recorded and produced in collaboration with rising star producer/guitarist Nicolas Tateishi (Aysanabee, Sam Drysdale, Joanna Majoko), "On Christmas Eve" offers a heart-pumping, cinematic experience for the best night of the year, when every kid and kid-at-heart  innocently begs the question: "Should I even bother going to bed?"

50% of each purchase of "On Christmas Eve" will be donated to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.

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Can you feel it in the air tonight
In a room aglow with firelight
All the children trying to fall asleep
Counting little reindeer instead of counting sheep

Every single year it's just like this
Even when you're all grown up, you still feel like a kid

There's a beautiful fantastic
Certain kind of magic
That makes you want to believe
And it only ever happens on Christmas Eve

See the neighbourhood all wrapped in snow
Hear the carols on the radio
Presents underneath the Christmas tree
Tied with pretty ribbons waiting oh so patiently

Every single star can feel it too
They're shining even brighter than they usually do

There's a beautiful fantastic
Certain kind of magic
That makes you want to believe
And it only ever happens on Christmas Eve

What a perfect photograph
Wish that we could make it last
Darling, let's stay up all night
Until the Christmas morning light

Cause there's a beautiful fantastic
Certain kind of magic
That makes you want to believe

There's a wonder and amazement
Something in the way it
Makes you want to believe
And it only ever happens on Christmas Eve

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from On Christmas Eve, track released November 10, 2023
Written by : Barbra Lica and Danielle Knibbe
Produced by : Nicolas Tateishi and Barbra Lica
Engineered and Mixed by: Nicolas Tateishi
Mastered by : Justin Gray at Immersive Mastering
Vocals/Keyboard: Barbra Lica
Guitars/Electric Bass/Synth Programming: Nicolas Tateishi
Graphics by: Meghan Cheng

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Barbra Lica Toronto, Ontario

JUNO-nominated singer-songwriter-producer Barbra Lica has performed in theatres, clubs, and festivals across North America and Japan. Her 2018 album, You’re Fine, has amassed over 6 million streams to date on Spotify. More recently, Imposter Syndrome garnered her two 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards nominations and took home the 2023 Ontario Folk Music Awards CMRRA Song of the Year prize. ... more

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