How Did We Live Before Christmas? - Mark Lowry

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?