Is this Christmas?
Hymn
for congregation and organ / piano
2025
Special thanks to my wife, Phebe Mann, my most loving companion and support!
Lyrics
Is this Christmas?
Words and music composed by David Tze Wan Wong 2025
Christmas, they say
Holidays for others
Why do you celebrate Christmas holiday?
Why Jesus not here?
Why Jesus not born on Christmas day my holiday?
Stop asking why
Fatten, drunk, what else?
Care for the poor, needy, thirsty, cold, in hunger
Jesus, is that all?
Foreigners, children, old, sick, marginalised, streetwise
This is the day (night)
Knock, knock. Who is that?
Peace, grace, love, mercy, you will rest well today (tonight)
Jesus calms all fears
To love and serve others, Jesus my Lord and Saviour.
Is this your day (night)?
Wait I will fact-check
Has any venture stopped for your “let me think?”
Knock, knock. Jesus waits
To satisfy all hunger, Christmas is Jesus
Computer sings...
Some say ...
Vocal parts
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Christmas with a difference?
It’s usually the period of time we put more effort in helping others, spending time with family, etc.
The Christian message is helping others, and that we have been helpless ourselves, and might be so in the future. There’s no other story that goes beyond what we can understand, a baby born, on the run, no control of anything even the time of birth. Countless words, satires, sermons, and skits have come and gone: