F#                          B
Christmas eve, mom and dad
G#                         C#
Load the car with grocery bags

F#                              B
They take the kids and drive downtown
G#                                  C#                                 
                  B        C#
And spend the night passing food out

B                     F#
Once a year December?s here
D#                            C#
And our hearts open up
B                              F#
Once a year we give with cheer
D#                                   C#
To those who don?t have enough
B                      F#
Wouldn?t it be something
A#                              D#                    B
If we all learned to love like it?s Christmas
C#                              F#
More than once a year

F#                                      B
No one rings a bell at the mall in June
G#                             C#
But nobody said we can?t give then, too

F#                                            B
And when autumn comes with its changing leaves
G#                                           C#
Could we spend more time with the least of these

B                     F#
Once a year December?s here
D#                            C#
And our hearts open up
B                              F#
Once a year we give with cheer
D#                                   C#
To those who don?t have enough
B                      F#
Wouldn?t it be something
A#                              D#                    B
If we all learned to love like it?s Christmas
C#                              F#
More than once a year

B
Love is patient, love is kind
C#
Love will always find the time
B
Love is now and love is here
C#
Love is more than once a year

B                     F#
Once a year December?s here
D#                            C#
And our hearts open up
B                              F#
Once a year we give with cheer
D#                                   C#
To those who don?t have enough
B                      F#
Wouldn?t it be something
A#                              D#                    B
If we all learned to love like it?s Christmas
C#                              F#
More than once a year