The Story of the First Christmas

MEDLEY: The Story of the First Christmas /O Little Town of Bethlehem/Come, Come, Come to the Manger/The First Noel/Oh Come, All Ye Faithful/We Three Kings of Orient Are/Silent Night - Perry Como (佩里·科莫)

This is Perry Como

And I'd like to tell you the most wonderful the most beautiful

The most exciting story in the whole world

The story of the first Christmas

Now suppose you make believe this is many many years ago

A long time before you were born

You're standing on a hillside near a little town in Palestine

Do you see the man in the distance walking slowly leading a donkey

His name is Joseph

Someone is sitting on the back of the donkey

And her name is Mary

They've come a long long way

And they're heading for a little town near the hillside

On which we're standing

Something very special will happen in this little town tonight

For this is the little town of Bethlehem

Oh little town of Bethlehem

How still we see thee lie

Above thy deep and dreamless sleep

The silent stars go by

Yet in thy dark streets shineth

The everlasting light

The hopes and fears of all the years

Are met in thee tonight

Let's follow Joseph and Mary into the town of Bethlehem

It's getting dark and all of the rooms at the inn are taken

But the kindly innkeeper tells them

They could spend the night at a stable nearby

Now I told you something was gonna happen

And it did

A baby boy is born to Mary and Joseph

Whom they call Jesus

They have no baby's crib so Mary puts little Jesus to sleep

In the soft sweet hay of a manger

Come come come to the manger

Children sing and asleep on the hay

Sing sing chorus of Angels

Little Lord Jesus is born on this day

Jesus is asleep in the manger

So let's tiptoe out to the hillside near Bethlehem

Where the shepherds are tending their flock

All at once the Shepherds are frightened

You'd be frightened too

Because a great light suddenly shines in the sky

Even the animals are hushed and still

But then you hear the voice of an Angel of the Lord

And you're no longer frightened

For the Angel brings good news

News of a saviour born this day

News of Christ the Lord

The First Noel the Angels did say

Was to certain poor Shepherds

In fields as they lay in fields where they

Lay keeping their sheep

On a cold winter's night that was so deep

Noel Noel Noel Noel

Born is the King of Israel

Well we're still with the Shepherds

On the hillside near Bethlehem

We hear the Shepherds ask the Angel

Where to find the Christ child

And the Angel tells them to go to the manger

And as they leave the sky is filled with other Angels singing

Glory to God and on earth peace goodwill to men

Ah

The Shepherds hurry to the manger

Fall on their knees before the baby

And they worship him

For he is Christ the Lord

Oh come all ye faithful

Joyful and triumphant

Oh come ye oh come ye to Bethlehem

Come and behold him

Born the king of Angels

Oh come let us adore him

Oh come let us adore him

Oh come let us adore him

Christ the Lord

And now look up into the sky

Do you see that bright star twinkling in the heavens

Far away three men are looking at that star just as we are

They're riding on camels

And they're using the star as a guide to lead them to the Christ child

Who are these three men who follow the star

We Three Kings of Orient are

Bearing gifts we traverse afar

Field and fountain moor and mountain

Following yonder star

Yes the three men on the camels are the three wise men

The new star guides them straight to Bethlehem

To a little baby lying in a manger

There the three wise men present gifts to the Christ child

The first Christmas gifts ever given to anyone

A gift of gold

Of frankincense and of mir

And they too fall on their knees to worship him

And now a great peace settles on the night

For it is the holy night

Silent night holy night

All is calm all is bright

'Round yon virgin mother and child

Holy infant so tender and mild

Sleep in heavenly peace

Sleep in heavenly peace

This is why when we celebrate Christmas

We think of Bethlehem

We think of the Virgin Mary

We think of the three wise men

And the birth of the Christ child

The first Christmas

Oh come let us adore him

Christ the Lord