Welcome, Christ­mas, wel­come here,
Happiest sea­son of the year;
Fires are blaz­ing thee to great,
Families to­ge­ther meet;
Brothers, sis­ters, cir­cle round,
Loud is glad­ness’ fes­tive sound;
For our coun­try loves to see
All her child­ren wel­come thee.

Welcome, Christ­mas, for thy voice
Calls up­on us to re­joice;
Not with fool­ish, idle mirth,
Born and per­ish­ing on earth;
Far be such un­grate­ful thought,
Ours are bless­ings dear­ly bought;
Dearly bought, but free­ly giv­en
By the Lord of earth and Hea­ven.

Fix we then on Christ our eye;
May we feel the Sav­ior nigh:
May we meet around the board,
All re­joic­ing in the Lord:
Be the Babe of Beth­le­hem near;
May His love the sea­son cheer,
And each glad­dened heart and tongue
Join the an­gels’ Christ­mas song.