Memories of Christmas Lyrics

I still walk through photo albums of when I was ten years old

'Til I'm transported back to your house when it was cold

I still see the silver fir and the spectrum of it's light

As we play in the back room I can smell our dinner tonight

We kept adding chairs and hoping we wouldn't run out of room

Filling up our paper china no way we'd run out of food

I can still relive the joy of all being under one roof

The laughter flowed like river water and we wished it back soon

Of all the things I loved the most the carols gifts hot chocolate toasts

Of all the things under the tree none more prized than family

I'm glad I didn't take tonight for granted

Cause I don't want to live with unspoken goodbyes

I promise that I'll cherish every second of Christmas with you

Sharing rooms with distant cousins making forts out in the yard

Staying up 'til past our bedtime waking early racing cars

I can still hear the crunch of the leaves I'm stepping on

As I catch the winning touchdown in the football games we won

But of all the things I loved the most the carols gifts hot chocolate toasts

Of all the things under the tree none more prized than family

I'm glad I didn't take tonight for granted

Cause I don't want to live with unspoken goodbyes

I promise that I'll cherish every second of Christmas with you

We keep growing up and getting old the distance in between us shows

The way we laugh when we reunite is the product of a well-lived life

And though we do not gather in that house anymore together

I can still feel the legacy and prayers that have been answered

But of all the things I loved the most your smile laugh and way you spoke

And of all the things under the tree you were always good to me

But the gifts don't mean a thing when compared to what we see

The faith you lived and breathed I saw what you believe

Oh how I wish you could've stayed

So I'll hold onto the memories of Christmas with you