| (These couplets may be given by three primary children to open Christmas program.) |
| First child: Dear teachers and friends, allow me to say That we wish you a very glad Christmas day. Second child: That our darling old "Santa," as sly as a fox, May leave at your door both bundle and box. Third child: And that beautiful gifts for one and for all From the evergreen boughs may happily fall! |
By M.N.B.
| (Recitation and chorus. A semi-circle of primary children is formed on the stage. They sing first verse of the familiar church tune, "Joy to the World.") |
| Chorus.— Joy to the world, the Lord has come, Let earth receive her King, Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing. Recitation (one child steps forward).— In Bethlehem, the story goes, A little Child was born, Low in a manger He was laid The first glad Christmas morn. That Child is now our Saviour King, Of Him we sing to-day; And may glad bells o'er all the earth Ring out a gladsome lay. Chorus.— Joy to the world, a Saviour reigns, Let men their tongues employ, While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and vales Repeat the sounding joy. |
By S.C. PEABODY.