How Did We Live Before Christmas? Songtext
von Mark Lowry

Christmas comes but once a year
But what if it came more often?
It would bankrupt the economy
Snow would surely wreck the ecology
Kids would sing Jingle Bells ′til we're up a tree
And drive us to an early coffin

Christmas is a yearly thing
And I′m really glad that it's so
If it came around every other week
We'd be so tired we could hardly speak
Our checkbooks would be up a creek
And we′d have to shorten ol′ Santa to just one Ho

Yes, once a year it rolls around
On the 25th day of December
Bringing cheery songs with cheery rhymes
And shopping sprees that pass the time
We have to stand in those weary lines
And there's always someone I forget to remember


But think with me for just a while
Of a time before there was Christmas
The time before the angels sang
The time before the wise men came
The time before we knew His name
How did we live before Christmas?

The days before the star so bright
The years before that silent night
Before the Savior brought the light
How did we live before Christmas?

Did little children ever sing?
Did silver bells refuse to ring?
Did Hosannas ever crown the King?
How did we live before Christmas?

Did winter′s chill make faces glow?
Did lovers kiss 'neath mistletoe?
Try as I might, I′ll never know
How did we live before Christmas?

A virgin bore the blessed gift
Of Christmas long ago
All Heaven wrapped in swaddling clothes
Pure deity from head to toe
A baby boy with Heaven's glow
How did we live before Christmas?


So, Christmas isn′t gifts and toys
Or waiting on St. Nicholas
Christmas is a Savior's birth
A gift from Heaven sent to Earth
To show the world just what it's worth
How did we live before Christmas?