The Priceless Gift Of Christmas

[MIRIAM JACOB]

The Priceless Gift Of
Christmas

Now Christmas is a season
for joy and mercymaking,
A time for gifts and presents,
for giving and for taking...
A festive, friendly happy time
when everyone is gay...
But have we ever really felt
the greatness of the day...
For through the centuries the world
has wandered far away
From the beauty and the meaning
of the Holy Christmas Day...
For Christmas is a heavenly gift
that only God can give
it's ours for the asking,
for as long as we shall live...
It can't be bought or battered,
it can't be won or sold,
It doesn't cost a penny
and it's worth far more than gold.
It isn't bright and gleaming
for eager eyes to see,
It can't be wrapped in tinsel
or placed benearth a tree...
It isn't soft and shimmering
for reaching hands to touch,
Or some expensive luxury
you're wanted very much...
For the priceless Gift of Christmas
is within the reach of all,
The rich, the poor, the young and old
the greatest and the small...
So take his priceless Gift of Love,
reach out and you receive,
And the only payment that God asks
Is just that you believe.



(C) HELEN STEINER RICE