I heard the bells
chiming in the cold north breeze
wind chimes sound the carol
on this Christmas Eve day.
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Let heaven and nature sing –
tiny finches twitter in the evergreen boughs
of fragrant cedar,
rejoicing on this Christmas Eve day.
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O little town,
streets wet with rain,
reflections of hope and dreams
on this Christmas Eve day.
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In the bleak midwinter,
skies hard with sleet
gray on gray on gray
on Christmas Eve day.
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The holly and the ivy
caught up in the old hickory tree,
evergreen and ever new
on this Christmas Eve day.