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O little town of bethlehem:

O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie.
Above they deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by.

Yet in the dark streets shineth,
The everlasting light,
The hopes and fears of all...

Carols

How can one start a fast with baklava in one's hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about fasting

If you starve for three days, there is no thought that does not invade your imagination.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about imagination, thinking, day

To bend a bamboo, start when it is a shoot.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian

We start as fools and become wise through experience.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about experience

It is not enough to run, one must start in time.

Proverbs and old sayings French about time

Good start is half of the work.

Proverbs and old sayings Albanian about work, good, good luck

Nativiy of Christ

Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined upon the world the light of knowledge; for thereby, they that worshipped the stars were taught by a star to worship Thee, the Sun of Righteousness, and to know Thee, the Dayspring...

Carols

All I want for Christmas

Every body stops and stares at me,
These two teeth are gone as you can see.
I don't know just who to blame for this catastrophe!
But my one wish on Christmas Eve is as plain as it can be!

All I want for...

Carols

As lately we watched

As lately we watch'd o'er our fields thro' the night,
A star there was seen of such glorious light.
All thro' the night, angels did sing,
Carols so sweet of the birth of a King.

A King of such beauty was ne'er...

Proverbs and old sayings American about earth, night, celebrity, fame, air, name, beauty, light, sky, mother

Blue Christmas

I'll have a blue Christmas without you.
I'll be so blue thinking about you.
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree,
Won't mean a thing if you're not here with me.

And when the blue snowflakes start falling,...

Carols

Do you hear what I hear

Said the night wind to the little lamb,
Do you see what I see, way up in the sky, little lamb?
Do you see what I see? A star, a star, dancing in the night,
With a tail as big as a kite,
With a tail as big as a...

Carols

I wonder as I wander

I wonder as I wander out under the sky
How Jesus our Saviour did come for to die
For poor orn'ry people like you and like I.
I wonder as I wander out under the sky.

When Mary birthed Jesus 'twas in a cow's stall...

Carols

A spark can start a fire that burns the entire prairie.

Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about fire, fire brigade

As with Gladness Men of Old

As with gladness, men of old
Did the guiding star behold
As with joy they hailed its light
Leading onward, beaming bright
So, most glorious Lord, may we
Evermore be led to Thee.

As with joyful steps they...

Carols

Come, Ye Lofty

Come ye lofty, come ye lowly
Let your songs of gladness ring;
In a stable lies the Holy,
In a manger rests the King:
See in Mary s arms reposing
Christ by highest heaven adored:
Come, your circle round Him closing,...

Carols

The Manger Throne

Like silver lamps in a distant shrine,
The stars are sparkling bright
The bells of the city of God ring out,
For the Son of Mary is born to-night.
The gloom is past
And the morn at last
Is coming with orient light....

Carols

A tree starts with a seed.

Proverbs and old sayings

A 1000 miles journey starts with a single step.

Proverbs and old sayings Australian

Feed a cold and starve a fever

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

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