1 Chill of the nightfall,
Lamps in the windows,
Letting their light fall
Clear on the snow;
Bitter December
Bids us remember
Christ in the stable
Long, long ago.

2 Silence of midnight,
Voices of angels,
Singing to bid night
Yield to the dawn;
Darkness is ended,
Sinners befriended,
Where in the stable
Jesus is born.

3 Splendor of starlight
High on the hillside,
Faint is the far light
Burning below;
Kneeling before him
Shepherds adore him,
Christ in the stable
Long, long ago.

4 Glory of daybreak!
Sorrows and shadows,
Suddenly they break
Forth into morn;
Sing out and tell now
All shall be well now;
For in the stable
Jesus is born!