We are just mortal human beings who some how in our needs
Desire to be a part of something bigger than our finite souls
We put together rituals of celebration to honor various deeds
And in the make up of celebrations are certain kinds of goals

First and foremost is to satisfy personal wants of our own
So we start some sort of ritual that fits our need to show
That we are the caring people and therefore we have sown
The seeds of organization to foster and ever more to grow

The future plans of men and women that make the others note
That some important event that happened and always needs to be
Repeated time and time again to allow the ritual maker’s gloat
With more and more ornamentation and fine cloth don’t you see

It could be a lavish celebration of almost any kind of thing
Like any act in history who’s importance plays it’s part
Or of winter solstice or of tulips in the early part of spring
The only founding needed is that it comes from the heart

So like other celebrations the importance seems to give way
To the acts performed on the anniversary every succeeding year
So the lights go up and parades pass by on that very special day
But the meaning behind the celebration we do not hold so dear

So we celebrate with presents and give Santa Claus his do
Children soon learn that they’ll receive that for which they ask
When Christmas time comes around they will look to you
To do the shopping for the gifts, you can surely do the task

Of bringing Christmas into their lives with gifts they will adore
But do you bring the real reason, the birth of Christ, a baby boy
To take away all your sins and burdens and let your soul restore
Or do you teach your children to settle for just a playful toy

It is our choice you know to give them life’s own precious gift
To teach them of the meaning behind the joy of Christmas day
Or let their souls stay empty in a life that just may go adrift
So when they ask why there’s Christmas, what is it you will say