Christmas Is Coming
"Christmas Is Coming" is a nursery rhyme and American Christmas carol (frequently sung as a round) with lyrics as follows:
A variant has the final line as "If you have no ha'penny, then God bless you!" Another variant is "Please to put a penny in the old man's hat" in the second line.
The traditional version of this song uses the melody of the English dance tune "Country Gardens", but other melodies exist. The Kingston Trio recorded the song as "A Round About Christmas", on their album The Last Month of the Year. A calypso sounding version of the carol was featured on the album John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together and a loose, jazzy piano-based arrangement was featured in the musical score of A Charlie Brown Christmas.
The rhyme also became the basis for the song '"Christmas Is a-Comin'", re-written by Frank Luther and performed by Bing Crosby, among others.
Christmas Is
Fire sight winter snow
Lights are on the tree
The world is all a glow again
With all these season brings
And though it comes around each year
The meaning of the season
Seems to disappear
Oh it’s good to be reminded
Christmas is for girls and boys
Trimming trees and santa’s toys
It’s mom and dad gran’ and grandpa too
Christmas is a sacred birth
A chance for hope and peace on earth
It’s everything that we hold clear and true
But most of all, Christmas is the love that lives
Inside of me and you
Sleepy eyes are open wide
And tiny hearts beat fast
To celebrate the morning
Just like every Christmas past
We gathered close to family
Embracing all that’s been
And all that’s yet to be
Oh it’s good to be reminded
Christmas is the candle light
Jingle bells and silent night
Friends from long ago
And friends and we’ve made anew
Christmas is a sacred birth
A chance for hope and peace on earth
It’s everything that we hold dear and true
But most of all, Christmas is the love that lives
Inside of me and you
From where it all began
One night in Bethlehem
Reaches out to all of us
Reminds us once again
Christmas is for everyone
The greatest gift of all the stuff
The star that shines on all the world
The light that leads us through
Christmas is a sacred birth
A chance for hope and peace on earth
It’s everything that we hold dear and true
But most of all, Christmas is the love that lives