Christmas
I Am So Glad Each Christmas Eve
- Words:
- Marie Wexelsen, Tr. by Peter A. Sveeggen
- Music:
- Peder Knudsen
Sheet music
- 1I am so glad each Christmas Eve,The night of Jesus’ birth!Then like the sun the Star shone forth,And angels sang on earth.The little child in Bethlehem,He was a King indeed!For He came down from heav’n aboveTo help a world in need.
- 2He dwells again in heaven’s realm,The Son of God today,And still He loves His little onesAnd hears them when they pray.I am so glad on Christmas Eve!His praises then I sing;He opens then for every childThe palace of the King.
- 3When mother trims the Christmas treeWhich fills the room with light,She tells me of the wondrous StarThat made the dark world bright.She says the Star is shining still,And never will grow dim;And if it shines upon my way,It leads me up to Him.
- 4And so I love each Christmas EveAnd I love Jesus, too;And that He loves me every dayI know so well is true.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 19 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.