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Sep 29, 2026

A devotional Christmas poem expressing heartfelt greetings and spiritual joy centered on the Christ child’s birth. It calls all people to rejoice with “joy to the world,” “peace on earth,” and “glory to God,” and emphasizes that the Christmas miracle is felt in the heart. The text links friendship across old and new years, urges unselfish giving as God’s pattern for living, and highlights faith as the way, the truth, and the light.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryReligion & Spirituality

FormatPDF

Pages20

Reading Time50 min

AccessFree to download

Christmas Greetings

Joy, Peace, and the Christ Child

Friendship and Unselfish Giving

God’s Way, Truth, and Light

# WITH WARMEST WISHES BY HELEN STEINER RICE Withour eyes we seethe glitter of Christmas.. With our ears we hear its merriment.With our hands we touchthe tinsel-tied trinkets..But only with our heartscan we feel the miracleof Christmas. “Behold,T Bwing you Sood HidingsOf Sreat Joy” Glad tidings herald the Christ Child's birth -“Joy to the world”and“Peace on earth,”“Glory to God”-let all men rejoiceAnd hearken once more to the angel's voice. It matters not who or what you are一All men can behold the Christmas star-For the star that shone is shining still In the hearts of men of peace and good will,And it offers the answer to every man's need,Regardless of colour or race or creed... So joining together in brotherly love,Let us worship again Our Father above,And forgetting our own little selfish desiresMay we seek what the star of Christmas inspires. Ghristmas Simes rendship imeAt Christmas timeour hearts reach out To friends we think of dearly,And checking throughour "friendship lists,"As all of us do yearly, We stop a while to reminisceAnd to pleasantly reviewHappy little happeningsAnd things we used to do...And though we've been too busyTo keep in touch all year,We send a Christmas greetingAt this season of good cheer...So Christmas is a lovely linkBetween old years and newThat keeps the bond of friendshipForever unbroken and true. 朝 91s 31oe GFinisunads Bocery Christmas is more than a dayat the end of the year,More than a seasonof joy and good cheer-Christmas is reallyGod’s pattern for livingTo be followed all yearby unselfish giving... For if we lived Christmas each day,as we should, And made it our aim to always do good,We'd find the lost keyto meaningful living That comes not from getting.but from unselfish giving…And we'd know the great joyof peace upon earth,Which was the real purposeof our Saviour's birth...For in the glad tidingsof the first Christmas nightGod showed us the Way.the Truth and the Light! Sod oued theWord Our Father up in heaven,long,long years ago, Looked down in His great mercyupon the earth below...Hessaw that folks were lonelyand lost in deep despair, And so He said,"I'll send My Sonto walk among them there..So they can hear Him speakingand feel His nearness,too,And see the many miraclesthat faith alone can do.…

FAQs

What does the poem say is the real miracle of Christmas?

The poem says the miracle is felt only with one’s heart, not merely through outward sights, sounds, or touch.

How does the poem describe Christmas as more than a holiday?

It describes Christmas as God’s pattern for living that should be followed all year through unselfish giving and daily goodness.

What purpose does the poem give for the Savior’s birth?

It presents the birth as the source of peace on earth and as guidance revealed in the “glad tidings” of the first Christmas night.

Sep 29, 2026

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