Lo, God, our God has come!
To us a Child is born,
To us a Son is given;
Bless, bless the blessed morn!
O happy, lowly lofty birth,
Now God, our God, has come to earth!

Rejoice, our God has come!
In love and lowliness;
The Son of God has come
The sons of men to bless.
God with us now descend to dwell,
God in our flesh, Immanuel.

Praise ye the word made flesh!
True God, true man is He.
Praise ye the Christ of God!
To Him all glory be.
Praise ye the Lamb that once was slain,
Praise ye the king that comes to reign.
Horatius Bonar (1808-1889), Hymns of Faith and Hope,third series, New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1877, p. 59-60

For somehow, not only at Christmas, but all the long year through,
The joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.- John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807 - 1892

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.- Alexander Smith, 1830 - 1867