Joe Lake

At The Store The Bells Are Ringing

At the store the bells are ringing,

Twinkling lights proclaim the time

When the children’s choir is singing;

Santy Claus explains in rhyme.

In long queues, outside the doorway

Children with their parents wait

To tell the Santy on that day
To come to them and not be late.

Then the Santy in his kindness

Sits the littlies on his knee

Casting off their soul from blindness

So that dreams of love they’ll see.

He then asks them, kind as ever,

“What’s your name, my little one?”

And with smiles and great endeavour

They will tell him. It’s great fun,

Asking what they want for Christmas;

And then answers, that he’ll try;

But always fills their hearts with gladness,

And there is no need to cry.

For Santy Claus comes once a year,

That no children should miss out.

On Christmas Day he casts out fear

And teaches us what love’s about.

© Joe Lake