Deep inside this Christmas Eve 

Watching as the hours leave 

Gently drifting in the air 

Shadows of an angel's share 



Christmas lights 

On Christmas nights 

With peace for every nation 

Stable scenes 

And evergreens 

With snow still glistening 



Angels grace 

This humble place 

With hopes of our salvation 

Christmas cards 

And snow filled yards 

And children wondering 



Rejoice 

All awaken 

Rejoice 

Quickly hasten 

Rejoice 

For the newborn king 



Rejoice 

For the vision 

Rejoice 

He has given 

Hear the choirs as they sing 



Scrooge returns 

To once more learn 

That Christmas ghosts conspire 



To redeem 

His soul it seems 

But still he hesitates 



To believe 

He's not deceived 

Until this night inspires 

Him to find 

That at this time 

It never is too late 



Rejoice 

All awaken 

Rejoice 

Quickly hasten 

Rejoice 

For the newborn king 



Rejoice 

For the vision 

Rejoice 

He has given 

Hear the choirs as they sing 

And sing 

And sing 

And sing and sing and sing 



Winter dreams 

Her endless scenes 

In endless combinations 

To embrace 

This world of faith 

This world that we now see 



Every year 

It returns here 

With all its variations 

And as the day 



It fades away 

And we once more find that... 



Once again the promise kept 

One by one the angels slept 

So we leave this night in peace 

And the world in gentle sleep 



WHEN SHE FINISHED THAT LAST LETTER 

FROM THAT LITTLE STACK 

SHE PUT EACH ONE IT ITS ENVELOPE 

AND CAREFULLY PUT THEM BACK 



THEN SHE SAT AND THOUGHT QUITE CAREFULLY 

ABOUT ALL SHE HAD LEARNED 

REALIZING THAT HER BELIEF IN THIS NIGHT 

HAD COMPLETELY RETURNED 



FOR IF ALL THESE GROWNUPS SHE HAD READ 

HAD IN THIS NIGHT BELIEVED 

IF COULD NOT BE POSSIBLE 

THAT THEY ALL HAD BEEN DECEIVED 



AND SHE MARVELED HOT THOUGH EVERY LETTER 

WAS SIGNED WITH A DIFFERENT NAME 

THAT IN THE END IT SEEMED THAT ALL 

THEIR WISHES WERE THE SAME 



THAT THE LIGHT THAT REACHED OUR LIVES 

FROM THAT DISTANT CHRISTMAS STAR 

WOULD MAKE US, IF NOT PERFECT 

THEN PERHAPS BETTER THAN WHO WE ARE 



AND SUDDENLY SHE NOTICED 

THAT THERE WAS A PRESENT THERE 

HE MUST HAVE COME AND LEFT IT 

WHEN SHE HAD GONE DOWN THE STAIRS 



THEN SHE REALIZED AS FOR THAT CHIMNEY 

SHE NEEDN'T HAVE WORRIED AFTER ALL 

FOR CHRISTMAS SHE HAD FOUNG THIS NIGHT 

COULD NOT BE STOPPED BY WALLS 



COULD NOT BE STOPPED BY DISTANCE 

COULD NOT BE STOPPED BY TIME 

AND IF ONE LIVED A THOUSAND YEARS 

IT WOULD STILL BE THERE TO FIND 



NOW SOME WILL SAY THAT ALL THESE GIFTS 

WERE LEFT BY HER FATHER OR HER MOTHER 

BUT I FOR ONE, WILL ALWAYS SUSPECT 

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER 



AND BEFORE SHE WENT BACK DOWN THE STAIRS 

WITH HER FADING CANDLELIGHT 

SHE FOUND SOME PAPER AND WROTE DOWN 

ALL THAT HAD OCCURED THAT NIGHT 



AND SOMETIME ON SOME DISTANT NIGHT 

WE REALLY CAN'T SAY WHEN 

SOMEONE WILL READ THAT LETTER 

AND THIS NIGHT WILL LIVE AGAIN 



AND SO OUR STORY'S OVER 

AND THE CHILD RETURNED TO BED 

TO DREAM ABOUT THIS MAGIC NIGHT 

AND WHERE IT ALL HAD LED 



AND THE ANGEL WHO HAD HEARD HER THOUGHTS 

ABOUT WHAT SHE LEARNED 

NOW REALIZED THAT HIS WAS DONE 

AND IT WAS TIME HE SHOULD RETURN 



AND TAKING BACK ALL HE HAD THOUGHT 

HE RETURNED JUST IN TIME 

TO APPEAR BEFORE HIS LORD 

AND TELL HIM WHAT HE HAD LEFT BEHIND 

THERE WERE TWO SOULS REUNITED 

ON A SNOW BLESSED CHRISTMAS EVE 

AND SLEEPING SAFELY IN HER BED 

WAS THE CHILD WHO STILL BELIEVED 



AND ONCE AGAIN THE LORD SMILED DOWN 

FROM HIS HEAVENLY THRONE 

AND TOOK THE ANGEL INTO HIS HEART 

AND WHISPERED, WELCOME HOME 



AND MAY YOU ALSO HEAR THOSE WORDS 

ALL THROUGH YOUR LIFE 

BUT MAY YOU HEAR THEM MOST OF ALL 

ON EVERY CHRISTMAS NIGHT 



MERRY CHRISTMAS! 



[Post Script]



AND THE MOST MAGICAL THING 

ABOUT THIS NIGHT WE WILL NOW REITERATE 

THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN LIFE 

IT NEVER IS TOO LATE