ON CANDLEMAS DAY

 

The winter will not come again

If Candlemas day has cloud or rain

But if the day is bathed in sun

Then the spring hasn’t yet begun

CANDLEMAS DAY

 

If Candlemas is sunny and bright

We will again feel Winters bite.

If Candlemas brings cloudy skies

Spring will be an early surprise

21st CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES # 204

 

Rub-a-dub-dub,

Thanks for the grub,

Without the Lord no one would care

The father the son

And the spiritual one

The guardian angels of heavens host

They all make sure the tables not bare

OH GOD TO YOU WE PRAY

 

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)

CHRISTMAS CANDLES

 

(Sung to the tune of Sixteen Candles)

 

Christmas Candles, make a lovely light

But not as bright as the light of Christ
(as the light of Christ) (Oh)
Light up the candles, for all the world to view

For every candle says, Happy Christmas to you

(Happy Christmas to you)

THE FIRST NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

 

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through Bethlehem,

Joseph was searching for a room for them

He searched and he searched all round the town

But nowhere to stay for them could be found

So they went to a stable and in a bed made of hay

The Christ child was born on the first Christmas Day

SING IN PRAISE

 

We stand around the Christmas tree

And sing to the Christmas melodies

We thank the lord for what we are

Standing beneath the Christmas star

To celebrate the Christ child's birth

When he came to us to save the earth