Praises sing to Christ the King   And peace to men on earth      On Christmas Eve I dreamed I traveled all around the earth   And in my dream I saw and heard the ways the different people   Hail the king whose star shone in the east and what a dream it was      In London Town I walked around Piccadilly Circus   A mass of people movin' here and there, I wondered where   On every face at every place was, "Hurry up, I'm late"   But a kind old man at a chestnut stand said, "Merry Christmas mate"   And I felt the Christmas spirit      In a little town nestled down in Bavaria Germany   I walked along to see what the feeling there would be   And here again was the busy din, the rushin', the yellin'   But some kind boy said, "Frohliche Weihnachten"   Not understanding the words but gettin' the buyin' and sellin'   I felt the Christmas spirit      In Bethlehem I heard a hymn, some distant choir sang   And with other tourists I walked along to a Church as its bells rang   Then I heard someone tell someone, "There's where Christ was born"   I wonder if He looked like our baby looked on that first morn   And then I really felt the Christmas spirit      From a businessman in the Holy Land at a sidewalk souvenirshop   I bought a little Bible since I'd already stopped   And it was in Paris France somehow by chance that I took the Bible out   As I flipped the pages I saw these words      And I knew what it was all about   For I read, "Fear not for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy   Which shall be to all people   For unto you He was born this day in the City of David, a Saviour   Which is Christ the Lord"      Then I took the little Holy Book, held it close and tight   I closed my eyes and visualized the glory of that night   So suddenly it came to me for when I awoke on Christmas Day   I felt the Christmas spirit down deep inside to stay      O little town of Bethlehem how still we see Thee lie   Above Thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by   Yet in Thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light   The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight