Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

Every year, for at least the twinkle of a star, let me stop and remember
What it was like to be five years old at Christmas time...
Let me sprinkle oatmeal for the reindeer and bake cookies for Santa...
Let me notice every nativity scene and want more than anything to hold
Baby Jesus in "my" arms...

Let me feel the magic of being awakened by sleigh bells and being so excited
That sleep only comes after three cups of hot chocolate and half of Santa's cookies...
Let me remember how hard it is to keep secrets, especially when I have
The best present in the world for the one I love the most...
I just don't ever want to forget how perfectly, 'specially, scrumptious it was
To be five years old at Christmas time...

Some of my friends would say, there is no Santa Claus.
Well, my friends were wrong! Yes, there is a Santa Claus.
He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist.
These qualities give to your life it's highest beauty and joy...
How dreary the world would be, if there were no Santa Claus.
There would be no childlike faith, no poetry, and no romance
To make tolerable this existence. The eternal light with which
childhood fills the world, would be extinguished...

Not believe in Santa Claus? You might as well not believe in fairies.
Nobody actually sees Santa Claus. The most real things in the world, are
Those that neither children nor men can see...
Yes, Santa lives, and he lives forever.
A thousand years from now... No! Ten thousand years from now
He will continue to make glad the hearts of children all over the world...

Everyone can be a child at Christmas. Everyone can celebrate with glee.
Everyone can make a Christmas wish list and gather round to decorate the tree...
Everyone can watch for Santa's helpers darting in and out as good elves should
Telling Santa Claus if we've been naughty. Letting Santa know if we've been good...

Everyone can wonder at a snowfall, blanketing the hills in winter white
Enjoying the spirit of the season, and the moon glow on a silent night...
Everyone can know the special magic of waiting for St. Nick on Christmas Eve
Everyone can see Christmas through the eyes of a child.
All we have to do is just believe...