Christmas 1965

Here is Grandma’s Christmas poem from 1965. Enjoy.

Christmas 1965

MANY MANY YEARS AGO
ON A QUITE NITE,
SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS
WHILE STARS ABOVE SHONE BRIGHT.

MUSIC SEEMED TO FILL THE AIR
THE ANGELS CAME TO SING
THE SAID "TO YOU, A KING IS BORN"
THIS MESSAGE, THEY DID BRING.

IN THE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
MANY MILES AFAR
THE SHEPHERDS FOLLOWED ALL THE WAY
LED BY A "SHINNING STAR."

IN A STABLE, EVER SO SMALL
IN A MANGER FILLED WITH HAY
THEY SAW THE CHIRST CHILD LAYING
THEY FELL TO THEIR KNEES IN PRAY.

AS CHRISTMAS DAY APPROACHES
AND BUSY AS WE ARE,
LET'S DON'T FORGET THE "REASON"
REMEMBER THE "SHINING STAR."

FOR GOD WAS BORN TO US THAT DAY
TO TEACH US MANY THINGS
AMONG HIS MANY PRICELESS GIFTS
HIS LOVE TO USE HE BRINGS.

SO LET US KNEEL, AS MEN DID THEN
OUR THANKS LET US REVEAL
AS WE CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY
FOR HIM THE CHURCH BELLS PEAL.