The First Christmas

As in girls, I'm Perry Como, and I'm going to tell you the most wonderful 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 a distance walking slowly, leaving a donkey? His name is Joseph. And riding on a donkey is Mary. They've come a long long way and they're heading for the town near the hillside on which we're standing.

Something very special will happen in this town tonight. For this is the little town of Bethlehem. Old town of Bethma, how still we see thee lie. Above thy deep and dreamless sleep, the silent stars go by.

Yet in thy dark streets shining, Asking love, hopes and fears of all. Now let's follow Joseph and Mary into Bethlehem.

It's getting dark, and all the rooms at the inner taken. So they spend the night at a stable. Now I told you something special is going to happen, and it did. A baby boy is born to Mary.

and they called him Jesus. They have no babies crib, so Mary puts little Jesus asleep in the soft, sweet hay of the manger. Now, while Jesus lies in the manger's sleep, let's tip toe back to the hillside near Bethlehem where the shepherds tend 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.