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Fah who for-aze!
Dah who dor-aze!
Welcome Christmas,
Come this way!
Fah who for-aze!
Dah who dor-aze!
Welcome Christmas,
Christmas Day.

I always feel sorry at this time of year for the people who insist that they don't celebrate Christmas because they aren't Christian. I feel sorry for them because they believe that Christmas is a Christian religious holiday. It's not.

I also feel sorry for the Christians who insist that we "need to put Christ back into Christmas" and that "Jesus is the reason for the season". They're wrong too.

Oh, there's certainly a Christian religious holiday set on December 25. But the mid-winter festival is far older than that. The longest night. The return of the sun. A festival of lights. Gathering family and friends. Yule. Saturnalia. Celebration.

For years, I've been insisting that Christmas — the Bank Holiday, the gatherings, the lights and decorations, the cookies and giving and sharing — is a secular holiday. It's a time to celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of the next. It's a time to push back the midwinter darkness with lights and cheer. It's a time to gather together with family and friends.

The Christians gave the current holiday its name. But Christmas transcends religion. I wish more people could understand that.

Fah who for-aze!
Dah who dor-aze!
Welcome Christmas,
Come this way!
Fah who for-aze!
Dah who dor-aze!
Welcome Christmas,
Christmas Day.
Welcome, Welcome
Fah who rah-moose
Welcome, Welcome
Dah who dah-moose
Christmas day is in our grasp
So long as we have hands to clasp
Fah who for-aze!
Dah who dor-aze!
Welcome Christmas
Bring your cheer
Fah who for-aze!
Dah who dor-aze!
Welcome all Whos
Far and near
Welcome Christmas
Fah who rah-moose
Welcome Christmas
Dah who dah-moose
Christmas day will always be
Just so long as we have we
Fah who for-aze
Dah who dor-aze
Welcome Christmas
Bring your light
Welcome Christmas
Fah who rah-moose!
Welcome Christmas
Dah who dah-moose!
Welcome Christmas
While we stand
Heart to heart
And hand in hand
Fah who for-aze
Dah who dor-aze
Welcome welcome
Christmas
Christmas Day

"Welcome Christmas" Copyright © 1957, Theodore Seuss Geisel