That's why There's a Christmas Day / "C" is for the Christ Child - with pictures

This Christmas song was written by Jenny Lou Carson (1915–1978) and Eddy Arnold (1918 –2008).  Copyright was registered in 1949, but the song and has been performed by many artists.

The slideshow below can be used to accompany the song - it has a full-screen image representing each letter in the word "Christmas".

Downloads

PowerPoint slides
with pictures

Digital download, arranged for Piano/Vocal/Guitar with piano accompaniment - as sung by Eddy Arnold and Perry Como

Examples

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Image sources and credits

Christ-child:  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gerard_van_Honthorst_001.jpg

Herald angels:  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGovert_Flinck_-_Aankondiging_aan_de_herders.jpg

Our Redeemer:   http://pixabay.com/en/statue-christ-christ-the-redeemer-518001/

Israel:  http://pixabay.com/p-176917/?no_redirect

Star that shone:    https://www.flickr.com/photos/waitingfortheword/8618804110/

Three wise men:   http://pixabay.com/static/uploads/photo/2014/04/05/12/19/camel-316894_640.jpg

Manger where Jesus lay:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/janetbeasley/6408393519/

All he stands for:   https://www.flickr.com/photos/waitingfortheword/6873864194/

Shepherds came:  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAdoration_of_the_shepherds_reni.JPG

That's why there's a Christmas Day:   https://www.flickr.com/photos/waitingfortheword/6444921433/ 

Lyrics

The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:

C is for the Christ Child born upon this day
H is for Herald Angels in the night
R means our redeemer
I means Israel
S is for the star that shone so bright
T is for three wise men they who travelled far
M is for the manger where he lay
A’s for all he stands for
S means shepherds came
T is for three wise men they who travelled far
M is for the manger where he lay
A’s for all he stands for
S means shepherds came
And that’s why there’s a Christmas day,
And that’s why there’s a Christmas day.

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KEEP IN CASE ORIGINAL IS REMOVED, BUT DO NOT DISPLAY
C is for the Christ Child born upon this day
H is for Herald Angels in the night
R means our redeemer
I means Israel
S is for the star that shone so bright
T is for three wise men they who travelled far
M is for the manger where he lay
A’s for all he stands for
S means shepherds came
T is for three wise men they who travelled far
M is for the manger where he lay
A’s for all he stands for
S means shepherds came
And that’s why there’s a Christmas day,
And that’s why there’s a Christmas day.