And so it was in front of this hotel Our angel did finally arrive And standing at one corner was a young man Who caught the angel’s eye He had a small group of children Gathered round him there Who all were quietly listening Which for children is quite rare He was telling them christmas tales And each one brought more children near Where they nestled round him on those steps So each word they could clearly hear He then told them a christmas story About how all men are brothers And when that story had ended The children clamored for another “where does christmas go When its day is through? Where does christmas go,” they asked, “and what does christmas do?” Now children have such simple requests Their wishes are so small That the young man saw no reason why He could not grant them all Somewhere beyond where the light rarely goes Somewhere beyond where the dark barely breathes Somewhere this night where the dark only knows She awaits ever patient She awaits rarely seen But her moments are taken For in the dead of the night Gathering light Christmas dreams I want to wrap all my moments around her I want to watch as she glitters the night Floats her dreams in the air People watch, children stare At these tears of captured light While she awaits ever patient She awaits rarely seen Still her moments are taken For in the dead of the night Gathering light Christmas dreams And a tear falls upon her snow-white hair And it runs to the end where it lingers there Then it falls through the air of a winter’s sky Till it captures a dream and it’s crystallized Let it go! Let it go! This old world that I know For soon everything will be changing In a single glance Where it all enchants And every hope is worth saving And a tear falls upon her snow-white hair And it runs to the end where it lingers there Then it falls through the air of a winter’s sky Till it captures a dream and it’s crystallized Let it go! Let it go! This old world that I know For soon everything will be changing In a single glance Where it all enchants And every hope Every hope Every hope is worth saving