Gay twinkling lights are blinking brightly all across the town

December chills the air as frosty snowflakes flitter down

The malls abound with hurried shoppers giggling rounds of glee

They scurry home with gifts to stow beneath a fading tree

Once dearly we'd anticipate the year's most sacred day

To celebrate the birth of Him who'd come to show the way

We'd venerate the One who changed the course of all our lives

Of late our faith's been jaded into Currier and Ives

Tell me whatever happened to Christmas?  Is our heritage sliding away?

People timidly bid "Season's Greetings" for some homogenized holiday

 Reckless lawyers rail "Christ is offensive!"... feckless judges nail Him with their votes

It's a crime just to wish "Merry Christmas!" or to honor the Man it denotes

Our Founders in their wisdom penned a brilliant Bill of Rights

They bequeathed us the freedoms they shed blood for in the fight

These faithful men were tried-and-true... they weighed each word they said

They never dreamed there'd dawn the day God would be declared dead

Tell me whatever happened to Christmas?  Is our heritage sliding away?

People timidly bid "Season's Greetings" for some homogenized holiday

 Reckless lawyers rail "Christ is offensive!"... feckless judges nail Him with their votes

It's a crime just to wish "Merry Christmas!" or to honor the Man it denotes

George Washington would be dismayed by how we misbehave

 No doubting Thomas Jefferson is turning in his grave

To tear asunder their ideals could be our worst mistake

Our trust in God must never sleep... our faith must leap awake

As for me I'll still purely keep Christmas... all its symbols I'll surely display

Baby Jesus will lie in His manger while Saint Nicholas flies in his sleigh

I won't humbug my heart for the heathens... though they tried to reform me they failed

That's why I'm wishing you

From death row in their secular jail

Words & Music © 2007 Damon Leigh (ASCAP)

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