C   Em/B   Am   G#(b5)    C/G    F#dim    Dm/F    E
Am    C/G    F    D/F#    C/G    Gm    Dm/F    G

[Verse]
     C                    Em/B   Am        G#(b5)
It's not the glow you feel when snow appears
     C/G                   F#dim            Dm/F  E
It's not the Christmas card you've sent for years
        Am          C/G                F    D/F#
Not the joyful sound when sleigh bells ring
       C/G        Gm        Dm/F  G
Or the merry songs children sing


[Chorus]
    C                   Em/B Am           G#(b5)
The little gift you send  on Christmas day
     C/G                      F#dim           Dm/F E
Will not bring back the friend you've turned away
    Am           C/G            F     D/F#
So, may I suggest the secret of Christmas
     C                    Em/B          Gm/Bb Dm/A
It's not the things you do at Christmas time
        Dm                      F   G    C   Em/B   Am   G#(b5)
But the Christmas things you do all year through
         Dm                      F   G    C    Gm/Bb   G#(b5)    C
It's the Christmas things you do all year through.