O Holy night   The stars are brightly shining   It is the night of our dear savior's birth     Now you all heard the story about Bethlehem   How the child was born and the three wise men   Heard the preacher tell it like the preacher does   But let me tell you, children,   That's not how it was     Now you might ask me what I'm talking about   But I know the part that they all left out   Yes, I do     Now do you hear what I said   That Herod wanted those wise men dead   But on that blessed evening   My great great great great great great granddad   He saved those kings     Now granddad made his living   Playing jazz you see   But jazz wasn't big around one A.D.   So he got himself a job in the palace band   Where he heard about three kings   In the desert sand     Let me tell you children that at any time   Three kings in the desert that's a real rare find   Yes, it is     But Herod heard of it too   And when he heard his curiosity grew   So he asked those kings to drop by   And my great great great great great great   Granddad   He wondered why     So the Magi told old Herod   That they had come here   To find a newborn king of kings   Who'd heal our sins   Then old Herod told his guards   To follow those Magi   And that the only king around here   Was gonna' be him     Then he told his soldiers as I recall   When they found that child, to kill them all   But granddad overheard what Herod said   And he had to act fast or else they'd all be dead   Yes, they would     So granddad got to those kings   Filled them in on the plan, told them everything   When they heard what he had in store   They grabbed the gold   The frankincense   The myrrh, the jewels   The desert tents   And when they found   His plan was sound   They followed granddad out the back door   Yes, they did   They followed him down     And what a night   It must have been   But when God is on your side   You kinda' know that in the end   You're gonna win     They traveled fast   They traveled far   And in the end they found   That they were standing with the Child   Beneath the star     Hallelujah, Hallelujah   Hallelujah, Hallelujah   Hallelujah, Hallelujah     Hallelujah, Hallelujah   Hallelujah, Hallelujah   Hallelujah, Hallelujah     And so you see we've reached the end   Of our story   When granddad and the kings   Reached that stable on the hill   And while I said that   Three kings in the desert is a rare sight   Angels singing in the desert that's far rarer still     Now I ain't sayin' that the bible was wrong   But ya' see the whole tale   Would have taken too long   'Cause way back then in the promised land   Every copy they sold,   It had to be written by hand     And granddad lived a long life   Stayed friends with those kings   And found a good wife   And eventually I came along   But that my children   That my children   That's another song     THE NEXT LETTER INCLUDED A RECEIPT   FOR ONE TOY STUFFED BEAR   DONATING IT TO A SMALL THRIFT SHOP   BUT SOMEHOW IT WAS LEFT THERE     FOR ATTICS HAVE THEIR SECRETS   AND TOYS WILL HAVE THEIRS, TOO   LIKE WHO ONCE HELD OR LOVED THEM   WHEN THEY LAST WERE NEW     WHETHER THEY WERE MADE OF METAL   OR THEY WERE COTTON STUFFED   OF HOW THEY HAD BEEN LEFT HERE   WHEN THEY WERE NOT ENOUGH     AND SO IT'S HERE THAT THEY MUST WAIT   BETWEEN REALITY AND DREAM   HOPING ALL WILL BE REMEMBERED   AND THAT ALL CAN BE REDEEMED     THEN IN THE SOUND OF THE WIND   WHISTLING THROUGH A DOOR   SHE THOUGHT SHE HEARD THE SOUND OF CHILDREN   THAT HAD HELD THIS TOY BEFORE     AND SHE THEN THOUGHT TO HERSELF   AS SHE NOW HELD IT IN HER HAND   THAT NO ONE COULD SAVE ALL THE WORLD   BUT WE SHOULD SAVE WHO WE CAN     SO SHE PLACED IT NEAR HER CANDLE   FOR SHE HAD DECIDED IN HER MIND   THAT WHEN SHE LEFT THIS ATTIC   HE WOULD NOT BE LEFT BEHIND