Christmas Is A Time for Loving 

By Helen Steiner Rice

Christmas is more than a day at the end of the year,
More than a season of joy and good cheer.
Christmas is really God's pattern for giving,
When He showed His unlimited love to all living.
For the holiday season awakens good cheer
And draws us closer to those we hold dear,
And we open our hearts and find it is good
To be kind to all men as we know that we should.
But as soon as the tinsel is stripped from the tree
The spirit of Christmas fades silently
Into the background of daily routine
And is lost in the whirl of life's busy scene.
All unaware, we then miss and forego
The greatest blessings that mankind can know.
For if we kept Christmas love strong in our heart,
We'd keep giving and loving each day from the start.
We'd find the lost key to meaningful living,
That comes not from getting, but from unselfish giving.
And we'd know the great joy of peace upon Earth
Which was the real purpose of our Savior's birth.
So let's sing the glad song of the first Christmas night,
Then let's live in His love and stay in His light.

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