If There's No Need
 
If  there's no need for Christmas trees or snow upon the ground
No need for ribbons on a package that you woke up and found
Or sounds of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" playing in your head
and if you can't see old Santa riding high inside his sled
 
If there's no need to gather family round a table full of food
nor reason to give that neighbor a helping hand cause he was rude
Why bother sending folks cards that speak of Christmas cheer?
Why drive yourself insane getting through this time of year?
 
If you'd rather treat December twenty five like any day
Cause it's too cold or it's too hot or there's just one bale of hay
Or the other folks are making too much fuss about it all
And you're worn out in November by the sounds of "Deck the Hall"
 
Maybe there's a reason why that day has lost its fun
Cause in the whirl of tidings you forgot about someone
It's time to stop and put your rope back on the saddle horn
take out the family Bible and read about the button born
 
because His message was the same for everyone in this race
slow your horses to a walk, smell the coffee and set a place
sit a spell and talk about the gifts you haveÉ not from a box
your family, friends and neighborsÉ not the hole that's in your socks
©Steve Dirksen