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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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