Poem: "They'll Always Be Christmas" by Edna Jaques

There’ll always be Christmas

As long as a light

Glows in the window

To guide folks at night.

As long as a star

In the heavens above

Keep shining down,

There’ll be Christmas and love.

                          There’ll always be Christmas

                          As long as a tree

                          Grows on a hilltop,

                          As long as the sea

                          Breaks into foam

                          On a white pebbled beach,

                          As long as there’s laughter

                          And beautiful speech.

There’ll always be Christmas

As long as a street

Gives back the echo

Of homeward-bound feet,

And children with mittens

And warm winter clothes

Have bright eyes that sparkle

And cheeks like a rose.

                          There’ll always be Christmas

                          With holly and snow

                          And church bells that ring

                          In the valley below,

                          Shop windows lit,

                          And doorways ajar,

                          And over the housetops

                          A glint of a star.

The cavernous length

Of a stocking to fill,

A wreath on the window,

A light on a hill,

The song of the angels,

And, over again,

The beautiful message –

Goodwill among men.