Merry Christmas!

 Merry Christmas to everyone!

Christmas-Greetings
by Lewis Carroll 

 Lady dear, if Fairies may
For a moment lay aside
Cunning tricks and elfish play,
'Tis at happy Christmas-tide.

 We have heard the children say  --
Gentle children, whom we love --
Long ago, on Christmas Day,
Came a message from above.

 Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,
They remember it again --
Echo still the joyful sound
'Peace on earth, good-will to men!'

 Yet the hearts must childlike be
Where such heavenly guests abide:
Unto children, in their glee,
All the year is Christmas-tide!

 Thus, forgetting tricks and play
For a moment, Lady dear,
We would wish you, if we may,
Merry Christmas, glad New Year!