WHAT IS CHRISTMAS TO YOU ???
CHRISTMAS TIME IS CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE EARTH,
BUT IT IS NOT IN RECOGNITION OF JESUS CHRISTS' BIRTH.
IT PAINS ME TO SAY THAT IT IS MORE ABOUT PRESENTS,
THAN IT IS ABOUT THE ONE WHO LIVED AMONG PEASANTS.
WHO WHEN HE WALKED UPON EARTH GAVE SIGHT TO THE BLIND,
AND THEN DIED ON THE CROSS FOR THE SINS OF MANKIND.
EACH TIME I THINK ABOUT IT A TEAR COMES TO MY EYE,
FOR IT WAS BECAUSE OF MY SINS THAT JESUS CHRIST HAD TO DIE.
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Submitted by Humpty1 on November 29, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Stanza Lengths | 8 |
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