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MERRY

CHRISTMAS

from

Gabrielle in

New Mexico

 

 

 
Since I'm too poor to get each of you a present...lol...heres my gift to you
 
If you hate I'm sorry there is no return policy,

but if you like it I'll be more than willing to give you an autographed copy...lol

 
I decided one day to write a poem, and most of what I had been hearing is all the

controversy over Christmas so here it is....

Christmas

A time where everyone's in a rush

A time where everyone makes a fuss

Over something as silly as a new doll

Spending all day running around the mall

Taking time for unimportant things

Caring only about the gifts it brings

Who really cares about the reason?

There is no Knowledge about this season.

As long as we get out of school

Christmas can't be really dull

They say I have freedom of speech

Yet still they can continue to teach

That saying Christmas hurts everyone

Now Holiday is the way it is done.

Christmas is a crutch for the weak.

There is no Jesus of which they speak

Now the point is how much we can sell

The Christmas story we will not tell

Who really cares about the manger scene?

When I can get things fit for a Queen

Christmas just isn't the same

All anyone sees is the potential fame

Can't we go back to the old ways

When the Gospel Luke was read on that day

Why don't they realize? Why can't they see?

That the only one they are hurting is me.

Love,  Gabrielle

  

 

 
Hi, This is my Christmas Shout to ATWR :-)
 This past month was wonderful to me!
God showed me next time He is so Good Father to me :-)
I could heard Petra's songs at ATWR for all month - Big thanks for you!
I could saw them live on concert in Holland and the day after I came back home from Holland I recevived one of the most wonderful
gifts in my life - the cd - copy of the Petra Live Special at ATWR, with special dedication :-)
I'm so thankful!

One of my favourite Christmas songs with Polish words is Holy Night:

Wesolych Swiat!  Merry Christmas!

Bogusia from Poland 

  

 

My favourite Christmas song is “Glade Jul”, which means “Happy Christmas”.

Lars, HELGEROA, Norway, and here comes the Norwegian text:

 

Glade Jul, Hellige Jul,

Engler daler ned  i skjul.

Hit de flyver med paradisgrødt,

Hvor de ser hva for Gud er skjønt.

:/: Lønnlig iblant oss de går:/:

 

Julefryd! Evige fryd!

Hellig sang med himmelsk lyd!

Det er engler som hyrdene så,

Den gang Herren i krybben lå.

:/: Evig er englenes sang:/:

 

Fred på jord! Fryd på jord!

Jesubarnet blant oss bor.

Engler synger om barnet så smukt,

Han har Himmeriks dør opplukt!

:/: Salig er englenes sang:/:

 

Salig fred! Himmelsk fred!

Toner julenatt her ned!

Engler bringer til store og små

Bud om Ham som i krybben lå.

:/: Fryd deg, hver sjel han har frelst:/:

  

Hello! Why I like Silent Night? It's a wonderful song, the Norwegian text is Christmas for me.
 
Espen , NORWAY
  

HI Pastor Muirhead season greeting to you and your family wishing you a spirit filled

Christmas and a happy new year say hi to everyone for me Alex and First Lady Laurie

GOD BLESS YOU ALL , Tammy, Norwood, Jamaica

  
 

 The Christmas Tree by Paul Morton, Elyria, Ohio

Grandpa shouldered his ax and he told me to come. (I had asked if he'd take me along.)

As we went out the door he was whistling a tune, "Rock of Ages" or some Christmas song.

We were going to cut down a tree for our house, then we'd cover its branches with lights.

And the night before Christmas we'd all gatgher 'round, and sing Christmas carols all night.

As we entered the woods, Grandpa spotted the tree. It was perfect in most every way.

And I knew by his eyes that we now saw the tree, the would stand in our house Christmas day.

Grandpa circled the tree to make sure of its shape, then he stuck at the trunk with his ax.

In a few minutes more we were dragging the tree through the snow as we followed our tracks.

"Oh Grandpa," I cried, "it's a wonderful tree!" And my breath in the frosty air swirled.

Then I added, "In fact, I am sure when I say, it's the best Christmas tree in the world!"

Then my grandpa replied, "It is beautiful, yea, but the best Christmas tree it is not.

No, the best Christmas tree in the world was used, long ago in a far away spot.

"No, the best Christmas tree was not decked out with lights, though the Light of the World on it hung.

And no bright-colored presents were under its limbs, and no carols around it were sung.

"And in fact I am sure it did not even look, like this tree what we've cut down today,

But an old rugged cross Jesus dragged up the hill where He died to take your sins away."

Then, I answered, "But Grandpa, you must be confused. Easter's still quite a long time away.

Christ was born in a manger in Bethlehem's cave, and that's why we have Christmas day."

Then my grandfather answered, "You are right when you say that at Christmas we think of Christ's birth."

Then we looked in my eyes, and he asked me, "And now, can you tell me why He came to earth?"

"Why, He came down to die on the cross," I replied. And my grandfather nodded his head.

Then he whistled his tune as we went on our way

And I thought about what he had said. If we didn't need Easter, Christ would not have come, to be born in a manger one night.

But he came down to die for the sins of the world, and to bring us salvation and light.

We celebrate Christmas ' cause Jesus left Heaven, it's gold streets and open gates pearled.

And the cross that He died on to pay for our sins, it's the best Christmas tree in the world.

(C) 1978

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