Merry, Merry Christmas

Merry, Merry Christmas.

By Carine L. Rose

(Over the platform against the wall hang the words " Merry, Merry Christmas." They may be simply made of dark-colored pasteboard twelve inches high, or the cardboard may be covered with red berries and evergreen. The five children who recite in turn point to the words whenever they speak them.)

First child: Oh! " merry, merry Christmas,"

Blithely let us sing,

And " merry, merry Christmas,"

Let the church-bells ring.

Lo ! the little stranger,

Smiling in the manger

Is the King of Kings.

Second child: Oh! "merry, merry Christmas,"

Weave in fragrant green,

And " merry, merry Christmas,"

In holly-berries' sheen.

Opened heaven's portals,

That by favored mortals

Angels might be seen.

Third child: Oh! "merry, merry Christmas,"

Carol bright and gay,

For " merry, merry Christmas "

Is the Children's day ;

Morning stars revealing

Shepherds humbly kneeling

Where the Christ child lay.

Fourth child: Oh! " merry, merry Christmas,"

Day of sacred mirth ;

Oh! merry, merry Christmas,"

Sing the Saviour's birth.

Christ, the high and holy,

Once so meek and lowly,

Came from heaven to earth.

Fifth child: Oh! "merry, merry Christmas,"

Shout the happy sound,

Till " merry, merry Christmas,"

Spreads the world around ;

Wonderful the story,

Unto God may glory

Evermore abound.