Its time to celebrate
Our saviour’s birth
Its time to mark
The day he came to earth
Its Christmas again
Its time to rejoice
Its time to sing
And to our praise give voice
So praise the Prince of peace
Our majesty of mercy
Hallelujah Son of God
Oh Jesus Son of Mary
In the presence of the lowly beasts
The prince
of peace was born
And to his
earthy joyous cries
They bowed
low head and horn
The
Shepherds stood in wonder
As the
child they stood before
The child
the angel told of
Lay before
them in the straw
Countless
miles the Magi came
Having
traveled from the east
In lavish
robes they knelt before him
And bowed
lowly like the beasts
Gold,
Frankincense and Myrrh
Were lain
reverently before his stall
Precious
gifts brought from afar
For the
holy infant born for us all
For the lowly beast in the stable chill
And the
humble shepherd on the hill
Wise and
wealthy Magi from the east
The purpose
of every Christmas feast
Is to
rejoice and feel your spirits lift
Exchanging
love when exchanging gift
For when
Jesus lay in that stable stall
He gave us
his love, the greatest gift of all
The bells of Christmas ring out clear
On the special
day across the land
Family and
friends come together
With warm
embrace or shake of hand
Then
together answer the call to enter
The happy
faces of young and old
Of those
occupying every seat or pew
In the
church bedecked in green and gold
Lifted the
heart and warmed the soul
The glad
ragged and dapper dressed
The
cheerfully demeanoured little girls
And little
boys with hair unmessed
All come
together on Christmas day
To share
the celebration and rejoice
To mark the
birth of the baby lord
Love and peace
heard in every voice
As in
harmony the congregation sing
Heartily in
praise of Christ the King
Heralding the special day
As sweet
undisturbed the cherubs lay
Early as
Christmas day is dawning
The birds
sing out on Christmas morning
Halleluiah,
halleluiah cheer
Christ the
savior’s day is here
And as
awakes every little dear
One by one
the lights appear
Yellow
light piercing the darkness
Like stars
populating heavens blackness
Until every
house across the land is lit
To make a
constellation to quite befit
A
celebration across the earth
To
celebrate the Christ Childs birth
Then with
giggles and boisterous shout
The
whirlwind kinder sets about
The present
sack with great delight
Throwing
paper to the left and right
And when
they see the gifts inside
They’re
open mouthed and wide eyed
Then peace
restored after the early rout
The church
bells call, the bells ring out
Good
morning they seem to say
Merry Christmas
on this special day
With
purposeful step and a happy heart
We make our
way to play our part
To give
hearty praise and uplift
Rejoicing
at the first Christmas gift
The feast day of Saint Andrew
Is Scotland’s National Day
When the Scottish people
Celebrate Saint Andrew's Day
One of the twelve
Andrew the Apostle
The son of John
Brother of Simon
From the village of Bethsaida
On the Sea of Galilee
Originally a fisherman
Turned to a fisher of men
By Jesus of Galilee
Witness of the ascension
Who spread the gospels
Far and wide
Martyred by crucifixion
At the city of Patras in Achaea
Feast day 30th November
