When (C)I was but a young ster, (F)Christ mas meant one (C)thing: that (G7)I’d be get ting lots of toys that (C)day.

I (G7)learned a whole lot dif f’rent when (C)Moth er sat me down and taught me to spell Christ mas this (G7)way:

(C)“C” is for the Christ Child (F)born up on this day,

(C)“H” for her ald an gels in the (G7)night.

(C)“R” means our Re deem er, (F)“I” means Is ra el,

(G7)“S” is for the star that shone so (C)bright.

(G7)“T” is for three wise men, (C)they who trav eled far,

(D7)“M” is for the man ger where He (G7)lay.

(C)“A”’s for all He stands for, (F)“S” means shep herds came, and (G7)that’s why there’s a Christ mas (C)day.

(C)I was but a young ster, (F)Christ mas meant one (C)thing: that (G7)I’d be get ting lots of toys that (C)day.

I (G7)learned a whole lot dif f’rent when (C)Moth er sat me down and taught me to spell Christ mas this (G7)way:

(C)“C” is for the Christ Child (F)born up on this day,

(C)“H” for her ald an gels in the (G7)night.

(C)“R” means our Re deem er, (F)“I” means Is ra el,

(G7)“S” is for the star that shone so (C)bright.

(G7)“T” is for three wise men, (C)they who trav eled far,

(D7)“M” is for the man ger where He (G7)lay.

(C)“A”’s for all He stands for, (F)“S” means shep herds came, and (G7)that’s why there’s a Christ mas (C)day.

(C)day.