JOIN OUR CHORUS OF HOLIDAY TUNES

The holiday season is officially here.

We've a craving to celebrate it in song.

And, as always, we know that you, our readers, are just the ones to help us out.

Here's our idea: We'd like you to write new, Vegascentric lyrics to some classic Christmas carols and holiday songs.

We know you, dear readers, and we think the results could be, if not moving, hilarious.

We've already started working on this one, to the tune of "O Tannenbaum" about the R-J's very own Nathan Tannenbaum:

"Nate Tannenbaum, Nate Tannenbaum,

Your tie is surely blinding ..."

Or, perhaps this, to the tune of "The Dreidel Song," in homage to Las Vegas' irrepressible mayor, Oscar Goodman:

"Oscar, Oscar, Oscar,

Your cocktail is so big,

Oscar, Oscar, Oscar,

How avidly you swig."

We're confident you can do much better than we can. So start channeling your inner Irving Berlin, start writing, and we'll feature some of your work in the Review-Journal and online, just in time for a Christmas morning sing-along. (And if you're really, really good, we might even run video of you singing your tune on our Web site.)

Be sure to focus on traditional tunes -- songs that everybody knows -- and that your creations are original. Make sure you tell us what tune you're playing off of, and include in your submission your name, age, address and daytime phone number. The writer of the tune that inspires, entertains or impresses us the most will receive an iTunes gift card.

Send your lyrics to: Features Department Holiday Sing-along, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0070. Or fax them to 383-4676. E-mail them to jprzybys@reviewjournal.com and write "Holiday Sing-along" in the subject line.

We need your lyrics by 5 p.m. Dec. 11.