December 15, 2008

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN

Oh! You better watch out,
You better not cry,
You better not pout,
I’m telling you why:

Santa Claus is coming to town!

He’s making a list,
He’s checking it twice,
He’s gonna find out
who’s naughty or nice.

Santa Claus is coming to town!

He sees you when you’re sleeping,
He knows when you’re awake.
He knows when you’ve been bad or good,
So be good for goodness sake!

So…You better watch out,
You better not cry
You better not pout,
I’m telling you why.

Santa Claus is coming to town.

Little tin horns,
Little toy drums.
Rudy-toot-toot
and rummy tum tums.

Santa Claus is coming to town.

Little toy dolls
that cuddle and coo,
Elephants, boats
and Kiddie cars too.

Santa Claus is coming to town.

The kids in Girl and Boy Land
will have a jubilee.
They’re gonna build a toyland town
all around the Christmas tree.

Oh….You better watch out,
You better not cry.
You better not pout,
I’m telling you why.

Santa Claus is comin’
Santa Claus is comin’
Santa Claus is comin’
To town.

Listen on You Tube to the Boss sing this song.  Find: Christmas Music: “Santa Claus Is Coming”, Bruce Springsteen(4:17).  For a milder version listen to: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town~ Perry Como – Christmas(2:42).

My mother, bless her soul, would use this song at Christmas to make me walk the straight and narrow path.   “You better watch out”  or

He sees you when you’re sleeping,
He knows when you’re awake.
He knows when you’ve been bad or good,
So be good for goodness sake!

I needed this song.  When I was selfish and just out for number one, my mother played this trump card.  Bless her heart! 

In this song there’s a hint of the Gospel.  There’s a Great Day coming. 

Rev. 19:7   “Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride(the church) has made herself ready.”

 God is making a list of names, too.

Rev. 20:15    And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

You better watch out  -  God, Almighty, is coming to town.

Now the carol that has the most melodic refrain.

Angels we have heard on high,
Singing sweetly through the night,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their brave delight.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why these songs of happy cheer?
What great brightness did you see?
What glad tiding did you hear?  Refrain

Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the new-born King.  Refrain

See him in a manger laid
Whom the angels praise above;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While we raise our hearts in love.  Refrain

Angels and shepherds why these songs of happy cheer?  They couldn’t contain their excitement.  That was my problem at Christmas time.  I was bouncing off the walls from Thanksgiving through Christmas break. 

We should celebrate by speaking Latin.

Gloria in Excelsis Deo! (Latin for “Glory to God in the highest”) 

What excites you?  What are you celebrating?  Can’t  you hear “The mountains echo their brave delight”.   Don’t let the rocks cry out, instead of you.  The last line “…we raise our hearts in love” ought to manifest itself.  

Do you love the Babe in the manger?  Does your heart leap at Christmas time?  Last night I watched on You Tube the Candlelight Procession at EPCOT.  Gary Sinise, of CSI NY, read the sciptures when we saw it live.  The whole program consists of scripture reading followed by a carol.  They finish with Handel’s Hallelujah.  My heart lept just watching the video.

You better not cry, You better not pout.   Celebrate!

I can almost hear the trumpet.

Danny D