Christmas Visit

Date Written	December 2004
Length	4:26

 

This is my Christmas song from 2004. It is without doubt my favourite of all the songs on here, and I fully believe that it would be a Christmas number 1 if only someone with any talent performed it.

 

It is about a man who answers the door to a needy old man and whom he then helps to warm up for a while. Of course, this old man is Santa (although this is never explicitly mentioned), and Santa then decides to repay the kindness he received by making Christmas the best ever.

 

Lyrics

 

Verse 1

 

I settled down this year for Christmas Eve

A bitter wind is blowing

Whistles in the trees

I answer to a soft knock at the door

I see an old man standing

Who feels the cold at Christmas

 

Chorus 1

 

And I let him in to warm up for his journey

With a glass of wine to help him on his way

He said "I thank you son

for all the good you've done

And I'll spread the love you've given to me this Christmas"

 

Verse 2

 

I slept that night with soft and gentle ease

I gave the man no mention

Nor the words he spoke to me

I woke to find a white frost on the trees

And all the children smiling

Thanks for snow at Christmas

 

I see on TV news with such sweet words

It said that war was over

A truce for all the world

I hear another soft knock at the door

It's Anna Kournikova

Who's come for me this Christmas

 

Chorus 2 (repeated)

 

And I cast my mind back to the old man's visit

I heard again the words he spoke to me

He said "I thank you son

for all the good you've done

And I'll spread the love you've given to me this Christmas"