I’m your only friend, I’m not your only friend, but I’m a little glowing friend, but really I’m not actually your friend but I am. 
I have just dated myself, but I don’t care. Anyone that grew up watching 120 Minutes while they were teens will be able to answer that lyric like a whistle call in the woods.
They Might Be Giants is one of my favorite musical groups ever, and their entry on the list is also one of the most unique in that it is not really a Hanukkah song, but uses Hanukkah as the backdrop for telling a story.
Rather then be celebratory, the song speaks of people (likely family) that have drifted apart and who don’t always get along, but who gather for the holidays, and the wish that this time, the holiday would turn out different.
You never write, you never call
And now you wander in the hall
You look familiar;
I barely know your face at allWe never get together at all
Until the last day of Hanukkah.
I got you a harmonica
And a bag of chocolate coins.
It’s depressing, and longing, and unfortunately resonates with folks who have drifted away from family but return for the holiday only to look around and think that maybe, just maybe, no one knows each other anymore.
