The winter stage is dressed in tones of white
Everywhere
is quiet everywhere is bright
Houses are
adorned with lights of every hue
To
celebrate the Christmas hullaballoo
And the
starry sky on a frost filled night
Is in truth
the most wonderful sight
A sky that
held the star they had to follow
Over two
thousand Christmas skies ago
Christmas day is almost here
The time of
year
I hold so
dear
When to
tradition we must adhere
When to
every ear
We are
sincere
A time of
goodwill and cheer
A time to
care
A time to
share
Christmas
is when we banish fear
Keep close
those near
And those
dear
Christmas
day is almost here
The time of
year
When we
revere
Under the rich December sky
Breath
plumed in the frost filled air
The winter
sky sparkled with stars
Like
diamonds stitched to the curtain of night
The moon
was almost full
And from that
December moon
The lunar
light bathed the landscape
So that
light sparkled on the ice crystals
Creating a
myriad of twinkling stars
To mimic
their celestial cousins
One of the twelve
John the
beloved disciple
Son of
Zebedee
Son of
Salome
Named by
Christ
With his
brother James
Sons of
thunder
A simple
fisherman
Turned to a
fisher of men
By Jesus of
Galilee
One of the
four Evangelists
John was
the only disciple
To witness
the crucifixion
While dying
on the cross,
Jesus
instructed him
To take
care
Of his
mother Mary
Witness of
the ascension
Who spread
the Gospels
Far and
wide
John died
at Ephesus
Have lived
to an old age
The only
un-martyred apostle
Feast Day
December 27th
Remember, Remember the 26th of December
The feast of Stephen is the day
Celebrated in a very special way
In the UK
it’s known as Boxing Day
Oh God to you we pray
To let peace on earth come our way
Oh God to you we pray
Would that we could have our way
Oh God grant this day
That peace on earth will come our
way
Oh God we hear you say
That peace on earth will come our
way
If we could from this day
Just live Christmas every day
Inspired by Helen Steiner Rice
(1900-1981)
The Christmas Angel comes each year
To spread
around the Christmas cheer
Though the
angels seldom appear
They are
still there so do not fear
And
listening with the keenest ear
You will
never ever be able to hear
The
Christmas angel standing near
But she
will look over those near and dear
As she
spreads around the Christmas cheer
Then the
heavenly presence we revere
Twill be
gone again until next year
