There is a list of folks we know
all written in a book.
And every year at Christmas time,
we open it and look,
and that is when we realise
that these names are in part,
not of the book they’re written in,
But of our very heart.
For each name is of someone,
who has touched our lives sometime;
and in that meeting, they are etched,
forever in our minds.
For once you’ve known somebody,
the years cannot erase,
the memories of happy times
or of a friendly face.
So never think our Christmas words
are just a mere routine,
of names upon a list to be
forgotten in between.
For when we send a Christmas wish,
that is addressed to you
it is because you’re on the list
that we’re indebted to.
So whether we’ve known you many years
or only just few,
in some way you have had a part
with shaping things we do.
Now every year, when Christmas comes
we realise anew-
the biggest gift that god can give,
is knowing folk like you.
Joyce and Stan Moore
