A Christmas Poem by John B. Tyree

“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

FOR THE JOY HE DID BRING

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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