A CHILDHOOD CHRISTMAS

Words by James K. Hart

Music by Sandy S. Hemenway

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For all whose lives and days I share

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And all who share in mine

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I wish to take you back a ways

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To younger better times

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Remember clear a morning bright

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A day of love and joy

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When Christmas was a happy time

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To you as girl or boy

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Remember how the tree would shine

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When first its lights were lit

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And round eyed full of laughter there

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For hours you would sit

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Remember how the kitchen smelled

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While there your mother baked

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A thousand cookies, candies, fudge

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And your one favorite cake

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Remember presents piled around

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When Santa Claus was new

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And reindeer pulled a magic sleigh

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To bring his gifts to you

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And waking up on Christmas Day

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And stealing to the tree

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To see if Santa really came

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And what he left for me

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Remember family, guests and friends

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Who gathered ‘round that day

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To share a meal, a smile, a song

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The love their eyes would say

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Those days may go, those magic years

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The season may grow cold

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But nothing can erase the joys

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We felt when six years old

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So if I had it in my power

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This gift to you I’d give

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A Christmas from a childhood past

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Once more a chance to live

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