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THE COLOR OF CHRISTMAS
1. WHEN I THINK OF CHRISTMAS --
ITS WONDERFUL SHAPES AND SIGHTS
EVERGREEN TREES, BOUNTIFUL WREATHS
BRIGHTLY WRAPPED BOXES BOUND TO PLEASE
BURIED 'NEATH COLORFUL BOUGHS AND TINY WHITE LIGHTS

2.THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS ARE FILLING UP EVERY SPACE
BELLS ARE RINGING, DOOR BELLS DINGING
SECRET WHISPERING, SONGS FOR SINGING
AND ALWAYS THE LAUGHTER AND SMILING FROM EVERYONE'S FACE

BRIDGE: IT SMELLS OF CINNAMIN, PINE AND PUMPKINS
GRANDMA'S TEA RINGS, MAMA'S MUFFINS
WE STEAL A BITE OF EVERYTHING IN SIGHT
ESPECIALLY THE TURKEY AND STUFFIN' ---HOOOO,HOOOO

3. THE TASTE OF CHRISTMAS IS SOMETHING I OFTEN THINK OF ---
CANDIED CHERRIES, MARSHMALLOWED YAMS,
TART CRANBERRIES AND HONEY-BAKED HAMS,
HOT- MULLED WINE, EGG NOG AND CIDER,
FUDGE, MERINGUE AND HIPS GETTING WIDER ---
THE SOUND AND SHAPE AND SMELL AND TASTE
THE COLOR OF CHRISTMAS IS LOVE

BRIDGE 2:ON CHRISTMAS EVE WE GATHER OUR FRIENDS
SINGING CAROLS BY FIRELIGHT
I LOOK OUT ON THE CITY, AND I TAKE PITY
ON ANYONE WHO ISN'T ME TONIGHT .......

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MORE LOVE, JOY AND LAUGHTER
THAN THE WALLS OF OUR HOME CAN CONTAIN --
THE WARMTH AND THE LIGHT BURST OUT ON THE NIGHT
DANCING OVER THE SNOW TO THE HEAVENLY HEIGHT
AND THE ANGELS WHO WATCH FROM THEIR KINGDOM ABOVE
WILL SING OF THE JOY AND DELIGHT OF OUR LOVE
FOR THE SOUND AND SHAPE AND SMELL AND TASTE ARE COLORS-----
AND THE COLOR OF CHRISTMAS IS LOVE