What Do I Want For Christmas ?

 What Do I Want For Christmas ?

What do I want for Christmas?

I want to kneel in Bethlehem,

the air thick with alleluia,

    the angels singing

that God is born among us.

In the light of the Star, 

I want to see them come,

the wise ones and the humble.

I want to see them come

   bearing whatever they treasure

to lay at the feet

    of him who gives his life.

What do I want for Christmas?

To see in that stable

the whole world kneeling in thanks

           for a promise kept;

    new life.

For in his nativity 

we find ours.

Anne Weems