Christmas comes but once a year

But what if it came more often

It would bankrupt the economy

Snow would surely wreck the ecology

Kids would sing Jingle Bells till we're up a tree

And drive us to an early coffin

Christmas is a yearly thing

And I'm really glad that it's so

If it came around every other week

We'd be so tired we could hardly speak

Our checkbooks would be up a creek

And we'd have to shorten ole Santa to just one "Ho "

Yes once a year it rolls around

On the 25th day of December

Bringing cheery songs with cheery rhymes

And shopping sprees that pass the time

We have to stand in those weary lines

And there's always someone I forget to remember

But think with me for just a while

Of a time before there was Christmas

The time before the angels sang

The time before the wise men came

The time before we knew His name

How did we live before Christmas

The days before the stars so bright

The years before that Silent Night

Before the Savior brought the light

How did we live before Christmas

Did little children ever sing

Did silver bells refuse to ring

Did Hosannahs ever crown the king

How did we live before Christmas

Did winter's chill make faces glow

Did lovers kiss neath mistletoe

Try as I might I'll never know

How did we live before Christmas

A virgin bore the blessed gift of Christmas long ago

All heaven wrapped in swaddling clothes

Pure Deity from head to toe

A baby boy with heaven's glow

How did we live before Christmas

So Christmas isn't gifts and toys

Or waiting on St Nicholas

Christmas is a Savior's birth

A gift from heaven sent to earth

To show the world just what it's worth

How did we live before Christmas