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The Things That Christmas Brings Back

Verse 1 
There’s a box of old decorations
And a photograph from years ago
There’s a name we haven’t spoken
And a face we still see in the snow
There’s an ornament that’s broken
But we hang it every year
Funny how the smallest things
Can bring the biggest memories near

Chorus
Christmas brings back everything
The laughter and the tears
The people and the places
That we carry through the years
And somewhere in the silence
Between the joy and what we miss
We learn that love doesn’t disappear
It just finds another way to exist

Verse 2
There’s a child who can’t wait for morning
There’s a father wishing time would slow
There’s a mother setting one more place
For someone who won’t be coming home
And we spend our lives out searching
For the gifts that make us whole
But the greatest things we’ve ever held
Were never things at all

Chorus
Christmas brings back everything
The laughter and the tears
The people and the places
That we carry through the years
And somewhere in the silence
Between the joy and what we miss
We learn that love doesn’t disappear
It just finds another way to exist

Bridge
So hold them a little longer
Say the words you meant to say
Take the picture, make the memory
Don’t let this moment slip away
Because someday we’ll be looking back
At the Christmas we’re living through
And the memories someone treasures most
Might be the ones they’re making with you

Final Chorus
Christmas brings back everything
And gives us something new
Another chance to love someone
The way we always meant to do
And if there’s one gift worth remembering
When the lights come down again
It’s that love is what makes Christmas
And love is what remains

Steve Maraboli

The Maraboli Band