Merry Christmas

May the peace and joy of Christmas be with you, your family and friends.

Christmas Bells

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I heard the bells on Christmas Day

Their old, familiar carols play,

And wild and sweet

The words repeatOf peace on earth, good-will to men!

And thought how, as the day had come,

The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along

The unbroken song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Till, ringing, singing on its way

The world revolved from night to day,

A voice, a chime,A chant sublime

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Then from each black, accursed mouth

The cannon thundered in the South,

And with the sound

The Carols drowned

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And in despair I bowed my head;‘There is no peace on earth,’ I said;

‘For hate is strong,

And mocks the song

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!’

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:‘God is not dead; nor doth he sleep

The Wrong shall fail,

The Right prevail,

With peace on earth, good-will to men!’