Christmas Bells

No one was thinking of Christmas bells that year

All the neighbors were busy decorating their houses

With lights and Santas and reindeer

Climbing ladders and commenting

That the house next door didn’t look as great

The street looked like a carnival

Every house brightly shone

Pastor Davis let out a sigh

Where was the true meaning of Christmas?

This year the neighbors were worse than last

Suddenly the Pastor had a great idea

It was Christmas Eve

So he hurried to his church on the hill

He worked hard to be ready for Christmas Eve midnight mass

The neighbors continued to argue and comment

Soon every light was lit and every Christmas tree decorated

Everyone went about saying theirs was better than the rest

But what the Pastor had prepared would be the best

At midnight everyone the young and the old

Climbed up the hill for the annual midnight mass

Pastor Davis didn’t tell them they were wrong

He just said Christmas was more than lights and glitter

When service was done

And the church bells had rung

Everyone was preparing to go down the hill

When a joyous sound was heard

The Pastor had attached a stereo system

And Christmas songs could be heard

The neighbors stood together as one

And began singing

The pastor’s wife handed out candles

And soon there was a bright light

Upon the hill by the church

They all sang as one

Standing looking at the sky

When big flakes of snow began to fall

And they all wished one another

The greatest Christmas of all!