Member of The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers & The Songwriters Guild of America

Member of Nashville Songwriters Association International & Tennessee Songwriters Association International

1996 & 1997 International Society of Poets "International Poet of Merit" Award Winner & "Poet of the Year" Nominee

Elected by the Board of Directors of The National Library of Poetry to The International Poetry Hall of Fame (1997)

Well I never met a stranger at Christmastime

Everybody's overflowing with good cheer

Merry Christmas… Peace On Earth… Days of Auld Lang Syne

Health and happiness be yours throughout the year

Santa's helper on the sidewalk rings a silver bell

To remind us what a joy it is to give

That there's nothing more than sharing makes you feel so well

For to keep love to yourself is not to live

All the children grow excited counting down the hours

In anticipation of their special day

Mine or yours? … yours and mine? … when they shall be ours

In the spirit of true light all hearts will play

Oh I never met a stranger at Christmastime

Everybody's overflowing with good cheer

Merry Christmas… Peace On Earth… Days of Auld Lang Syne

Health and happiness be yours throughout the year

It's too long and so unwise to wait another year

Looking forward to December twenty-five

So I'm promising myself to send out Christmas cheer

From my heart for all three hundred sixty-five

'Cause I never met a stranger at Christmastime

Everybody's overflowing with good cheer

Merry Christmas… Peace On Earth… Days of Auld Lang Syne

Health and happiness be yours throughout the year

Merry Christmas… Peace On Earth… Days of Auld Lang Syne

Health and happiness be yours throughout the year

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!