(Praises sing to Christ the King and peace to men on earth) <br />
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On Christmas Eve I dreamed I traveled all around the earth <br />
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And in my dream I saw and heard the ways the different people hail the king <br />
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Whose star shone in the east and what a dream it was <br />
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In London Town I walked around Piccadilly Circus <br />
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A mass of people movin' here and there I wandered where <br />
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On every face at every place was hurry up I'm late <br />
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But a kind old man at a chestnut stand said merry Christmas mate <br />
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And I felt the Christmas spirit <br />
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In a little town nestled down in Bavaria Germany <br />
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I walked along to see what the feeling there would be <br />
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And here again was the busy din the rushin' the yellin' <br />
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But some kind boy said Frohliche Weihnachten <br />
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Not undesratnding the words but gettin' the buyin' and sellin' <br />
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I felt the Christmas spirit <br />
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In Bethlehem I heard a hymn some distant choir sang <br />
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And with other tourists I walked along to a church as its bells rang <br />
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Then I heard someone tell someone there's where Christ was born <br />
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I wonder if he looked like our baby looked on that first morn <br />
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And then I really felt the Christmas spirit <br />
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From a businessman in the Holy Land as a sidewalk souvenirshop <br />
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I bought a little Bible since I'd hardly stopped <br />
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And it was in Paris France somehow by chance that I took the Bible out <br />
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And as I flipped the pages I saw these words and I knew what it was all about <br />
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For I read fear not for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy <br />
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Which shall be to all people <br />
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For unto you he was born this day in the City of David a Saviour <br />
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Which is Christ the Lord <br />
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Then I took the little Holy Book held it close and tight <br />
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I closed my eyes and visualized the glory of that night <br />
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So suddenly it came to me for when I awoke on Christmas Day <br />
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I felt the Christmas spirit down deep inside to stay <br />
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(O little town of Bethlehem how still we see Thee lie <br />
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Above Thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by <br />
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Yet in Thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light <br />
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The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight)
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