Moonlight on the darkened stairs Children play without a care People stoking up the fires And lights are everywhere We can hear a silent night Have some wine to make it right All those happy shiny faces Whose feelings are so bright Now all the food is gone We start to break out into song Life could not be better And our voices are so strong The snow is on the ground And nothing makes a sound It's after midnight So open up your eyes it's Christmas Day Playing round the Christmas tree Eye the presents underneath Waiting for the hands to hold them And say that you believe Now we'd like to say a prayer To live our lives without a care Go on down our chosen path And fix that seems unfair Now everyone's asleep The snow is bright and very deep We gather round the fire For all the warmth that we can keep