Many Christmas wishes, friend, To you on this day I send; First, I wish your home to be Filled with cheerfulness and glee; May your fireside snug be bright With that gentle, radiant light, That beautified that holy night In Bethlehem of yore. And may gentle love, serene, Be your law and be your queen; And may peace and happiness You and yours forever bless; And social mirth and gayety, And all the pleasures that there be On earth, -- I wish them all to thee. And thine forevermore! Many welcome gifts, dear friend, I hope your friends to you may send; But one gift I hope that thou Hast possessed long ere now. That, the gift of love divine, Fair to-day I hope shall shine Brighter over thee and thine Than ever it did before. |