“CHRISTMAS
TREE AND GIFTS”
By John B Tyree
‘TWAS EARLY ON
CHRISTMAS
AT THE BREAKING OF
DAWN
WHEN THE TRUE
SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
WAS SPREADING ALL
AROUND
EVERYBODY WAS AWAKING
FROM THEIR LONG
WINTER SLEEP
WITH ALL OF THEIR DREAMS
HOPING SANTA WOULD
KEEP
THEY ROSE FROM
THEIR BEDS
AND WENT TO THE
TREE
FOR ALL OF THEIR GIFTS
THEY WANTED TO SEE
THE TREE LIGHTS
WERE BLINKING
BLUE, RED, GREEN
AND WHITE
RECALLING THE CALM
OF THE STILL SILENT
NIGHT
THE TREE ORNAMENTS
SPOKE
OF THE GIFTS TO
THE KING
THE TREE TINSIL
SPARKLED
TREE SNOWFLAKES
SPREAD PEACE
AND GOOD WILL TO
THE EARTH
TO SIGNIFY HIS
LOVE
AND THE COMING OF
HIS BIRTH
SOME GIFTS WERE AS
PRETTY
AS A FRESH SPRING
FLOWER
OTHERS BORE THE
SPIRIT
OF LOVE AND OF
POWER
THE MOST PRECIOUS
GIFT
THAT WE DID
RECEIVE
WAS THE TRUTH OF
GOD
THAT WE CAME TO
BELIEVE
THE MESSAGE THAT
CAME
TO ALL MANKIND
WAS THE GIFT OF
LIFE
FOR EACH ONE TO
FIND
FROM WHOM CAME THE
GIFT
THERE WAS NO
BOTHER,
‘TWAS THE GIFT OF
HIS SON
FROM OUR HEAVENLY
FATHER
FOR UNTO US A SON
IS BORN,
WHOSE SHOULDES
BORE THE GOVERNMENT
UNTO US A SON IS
GIVEN
WHOSE LIFE AND
DEATH PAID ALL OUR DEBT
GOD GAVE HIS SON
THE SON GAVE HIS
LIFE
THAT WE MAY
FORGIVE
AND HIM BE LIKE
LET US LOVE ONE
ANOTHER
SAID GOD FROM
ABOVE
LET US KEEP ON
GIVING
THE GIFT OF LOVE.
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