Christmas Day (Seymour)

First Quest­ion

Under cold De­cem­ber skies

Verdant na­ture frost­bound lies

Lending nei­ther charm nor grace

To this fest­ive

hap­py place.

Tell me

then

O what is this—

Charms the sens­es

lights the face?

Why are all these pret­ty toys

Ready for the girls and boys?

First An­swer

Nature’s bonds of ice and snow

Melt be­neath the sun’s warm glow—

Long ago

and far away

Christ was born on Christ­mas day.

Wise men guid­ed by His star

Sought the Sav­ior from afar.

Precious of­fer­ings brought to Him

To the long-ex­pect­ed King.

On this mer­ry

mer­ry Christ­mas day

We come with hearts so light and gay;

Merry

mer­ry Christ­mas we will sing

And grate­ful­ly our of­fer­ings bring.

Happy hearts we bring!

Cheerful songs we sing!

And mer­ri­ly the church bells ring;

Happy hearts we bring!

Cheerful songs we sing!

And mer­ri­ly the church bells ring.

Second Quest­ion

Why do you so ve­ry long

Keep His birt­hday when He’s gone?

Give to oth­ers what you bring

On the birth­day of a king?

Other birth­days die with men

Why so long re­mem­ber Him?

Why the lone­some ev­er­green

Bring to deck the Christ­mas scene?

Second An­swer

Promised long

God’s on­ly Son

Blessing brought to ev­ery one;

May we long remember Him

In the off’rings that we bring.

He is with us

though away

Making glad the Christ­mas day.

In this change­less ev­er­green

His un­chang­ing love is seen.