Christmas is
a season
For joy and merrymaking,
A time
for gifts and presents,
For giving and
taking;
A festive, friendly, happy
time
When everyone is gay;
And cheer, good
will and laughter
Are part of Christmas Day.
For God
wants us to be happy
On the birthday of His
Son,
And that is why this season
Is such a
joyous one.
For long ago
the angels
Rejoiced at Bethlehem;
And so
down through the ages
We have followed after
them.
But in our
celebrations
Of merriment and mirth,
Let's
not forget the miracle
Of the Holy Christ
Child's birth.
For in our
gay festivities
It is easy to lose
sight
Of the Baby in the manger
And that
Holy silent night.
For
Christmas in this modern world
Is a very
different scene,
From the stable and the
Christ Child
So peaceful and serene.
For now we
think of Christmas
As glittering gifts and
such,
Things for eager eyes to see
And
reaching hands to touch.
But we miss
the mighty meaning
And we lose the greater
glory,
Of the Holy Little Christ Child
And
the Blessed Christmas Story.
If we don't
keep Christ in Christmas
And make His love a
part,
Of all the joy and happiness
That
fill our home and heart.
For without
the Holy Christ Child
What is Christmas but a
day,
That is filled with empty
pleasures
That will only pass away.
But by
keeping Christ in Christmas
We are helping to
fulfill,
The glad tidings of the angels
...
Peace on
earth to men, good will.
And the
Father up in heaven
Looking down on earth,
will say ...
You have kept Christ in your
Christmas,
Now I'll keep you all the way!
~ Helen Steiner Rice ~
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