staring at the christmas tree i guess i couldn t sleep the pretty lights hypnotize me and i begin to think seems like only yesterday that i was just a boy dreaming of a reindeer sleigh and santa s bag of toys a lot of years have slipped on by a lot of things have changed but the magic of this special night somehow remains the same i m so thankful for my little ones oh how i love them so i know god how you must have felt on that christmas long ago you must have cried a million tears on that first christmas eve you knew your one and only son would someday die for me staring out my window i can see the christmas star it seems a little brighter now than it had been before help me be the kind of dad that you would have me be i guess i ll go on up to bed thank you lord for christmas eve i guess i ll go on up to bed thank you lord for christmas eve 