Narration - Johnny Cash

Silent Night — that means Christmas to some people

Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus

That means Christmas to some people

A lot of people from different parts of the country and all over the world

Have different ways of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ

The prophets of old had foretold of his comin' for four thousand years

And a lot of people say that the wise men from the East were probably

astronomers

That may have studied the stars and knew that the new star that was gonna

To appear in the East the time of it was at hand

A lot of others of course say that they were told by God

That the star was about to appear so they could begin their long journey

From the East and where was the East

Some people say it could have been India some people speculate

That one of the wise men came from as far away as Korea all away cross Asia

And he must have been a comin' for many months maybe

Maybe even years to get to the place where that new star

That was to hang over that manger in the town of Bethlehem

Ten miles from Jerusalem

Whatever the shepherds came in from the fields

And you know it’s really somethin' that a shepherd would leave his flock

To come in for anything because that was really about a crime for a man to do

That was shepherd to leave his flock of sheep

And come in for anything because the sheep were man’s lively hood

The milk and the meat and the wool for the clothing

It really took something for a shepherd to leave a flock

And there were a lot of 'em that did it and came in to worship the new baby

Jesus That was born in the manger

The wise men came bearing gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh

And they brought them and laid them at the foot of the manger where Jesus lay

And you know the voice of God so the scriptures say

According to the scriptures had been silent for four hundred years

There had not been a divinely inspired prophet for four hundred years

And all of a sudden you can imagine what kind of night it must have been

For a new star to suddenly appear out of the heavens

And shepherds to leave their flock and men

Wealthy lookin' strangers come in from the East

And all of a sudden on top of all that a heavenly choir to start to singin'

Singin' voices from heaven, singing words that they understood

Words like peace on Earth good will to men — what a night it must have been