Christmas Canon

[1.]
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas

[add the new stanza at the end of the first time]

[2.]
The hope that he brings
The hope that he brings
The hope that he brings
The hope that he brings

[Together]
Brings...

[1.]
This night
We pray

Our lives
Will show
This dream
He had
Each child
Still knows

[simultaneously - add a new stanza each second time]

[2.]
We are waiting
We have not forgotten

[3.]
On this night
On this night
On this very Christmas night