"Christmas in Heaven"

Sissy and Katie - Christmas 1995

I found a poem on the internet and am not sure who wrote it. Different websites give credit to different sources; some say a boy named Ben and others cite a teenage girl. Whoever wrote it, God bless them. It gives me comfort each year at Christmas time.

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"I'm Spending Christmas with Jesus This Year"

I see the countless Christmas trees
Around the world below
With tiny lights, like Heaven's stars
Reflecting on the snow

The sight is so spectacular
Please wipe away the tear
For I am spending Christmas
With Jesus Christ this year

I hear the many Christmas songs
That people hold so dear
But the sounds of music can't compare
With the Christmas choir up here

I have no words to tell you
The joy their voices bring
For it is beyond description
To hear the angels sing

I know how much you miss me
I see the pain inside your heart
But I am not so far away
We really aren't apart

So be happy for me, dear ones
You know I hold you dear
And be glad I'm spending Christmas
With Jesus Christ this year

I sent you each a special gift
From my heavenly home above
I sent you each a memory
Of my undying love

After all love is a gift
More precious than pure gold
It was always most important
In the stories Jesus told

Please love and keep each other
As my Father said to do
For I can't count the blessing or love
He has for each of you

So have a Merry Christmas
And wipe away that tear
Remember, I am spending Christmas
With Jesus Christ this year

Author Unknown

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