What Christmas Means to Me

Santas in the malls

Music in the stores

This is what Christmas means to me

 

Watching out classroom windows

Hoping for the snow

This is what Christmas means to me

 

Mom working extra shifts

Dad in Vietnam

This is what Christmas means to me

 

Sledding down some hills

Crashing into trees

This is what Christmas means to me

 

Coming in with frozen clothes

Discovering I have frozen toes

This is what Christmas means to me

 

Going to Grandma and Grandpa’s house

And eating holiday ham

This is what Christmas means to me

 

Visiting with Jewish friends

Wishing others “Happy Holidays”

This is what Christmas means to me

 

Singing ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’

And ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’

This is what Christmas means to me

 

Putting up a pine tree

and untangling all the lights

This is what Christmas means to me

 

Trying to find the perfect gift

And almost always failing

This is what Christmas means to me

 

Working on a military base

Thousands of miles from home

This is what Christmas means to me

 

Driving home through snow and ice

Hours behind the wheel

This is what Christmas means to me

 

Watching ‘A Christmas Story’ two hundred and one times

And cheering on Rudolf in his annual plight

This is what Christmas means to me

 

Filling up a giving tree

And donating to others in need

This is what Christmas means to me

 

Gazing at a clear cold starry night

And thinking of the times

 

This is what Christmas means to me