Santa slides down the chimney with grace, hoping the children he does not wake.
Placing the neatly wrapped toys under the tree, while his smile is filled with glee.
I ask you now, is this the scene that depicts the Christmas dream?
On the television screen a football game can be seen, and in the living room a Christmas tree stands tall and green.
Mom is in the kitchen with Aunt Sally and Miss Susie Mae, cooking the special dinner of the day.
Everyone has been fed and all the Christmas cards have been read.
You open your presents and to your dismay all you have gotten so far is socks, shirts, and lingerie.
As the day progresses on and everyone begins to leave, you feel happy and quite relieved that the day went well and you even got a present from stingy old cousin Gayle.
I ask you now, is this the scene that depicts the Christmas dream?
In the hospital, a mother smiles.
For the birth of a wonderful child.
The father sighs with relief.
The children stand in awed belief.
The doctor said, "It's a girl." "It's a boy."
Grandma came and brought a toy.
The family sent cards and many things.
Oh, what joy a baby brings.
I ask you now, is this the scene that depicts the Christmas dream?
In a dark alley a lonely man sits, he needs help, but that no stranger will admit.
He has but one thought and that is what has this Christmas brought.
This Christmas has brought nothing but sadness and hardship and many unmentionable slips.
For his wife just died, his house burned down, and now he has no use for pride.
What has life to offer this man, but an empty plate and a bowl of sand.
I ask you now, is this the scene that depicts the Christmas dream?
In a dark room She sits, and wonders why on this holiday does she cry.
Mom and Dad just called the marriage to an end, because of Dad's new found friend.
She must decide with who she wants to reside. All She wants really wants to do is hide.
There is no Aunt Sally and no Miss Susie Mae. There is no special dinner of the day.
Everything is not going well and there is no stingy old cousin Gayle.
I ask you now, is this the scene that depicts the Christmas dream?
Now, I take you back to that cold December day, when the sky was clear, but the feeling was not so gay.
For King Herrod had declared that all men had to return to their homeland to be taxed.
In the town of Nazareth, Joseph gathered his wife and placed her on a donkey's back.
She was great with Child and the journey was long, but this Child was special and with Him no one could go wrong.
As they entered the city of Bethlehem that hard task of finding a room begins, but there was no room in any of the inns,
So into a stable they had to stay and once again God had made a way.
Jesus was born on that day and in a bed of hay He did lay.
The angles sang and bells rang and told of the special news, the East star likewise did the shepherds amuse,
For it told of the special birth that had just occurred on the planet Earth.
The wise men came with gold, frankincense, and myrrh, as Jesus laid with the herd.
I ask you now, is this the scene that depicts the Christmas dream?
