Naththal Seethe

In the Christmas cold, love overflows,
dispelling the darkness, spreading a smile,
soothing wounds, wiping the tearful eyes,
let us laugh together as one

Tell everyone to share love, letting hatred go,
thinking of Christmas, let us make the world a beautiful place,
do not let anyone forget that enjoying life is a birthright

In the Christmas cold, love overflows,
dispelling the darkness, spreading a smile

In the cold December sky, I will be a shining star..
by the cattle-manger of a poor hut, I will stay beside the smiling infant..
sharing love in Mother Mary’s lap, I will spread peace…

This is a warm Christmas carol whose real subject is love and the letting go of hatred. In the Christmas cold, it begins, love overflows, scattering the darkness and spreading a smile; it soothes wounds and wipes tearful eyes, so let us all laugh together as one. From the first lines the season is treated as a chance for people to soften toward one another.

The middle turns into a gentle call to action. Tell everyone to share love and set hatred aside, it says, and, thinking about what Christmas really means, let us make the world a more beautiful place. It even slips in a quiet reminder not to forget that enjoying life is everyone’s birthright, whoever they are.

The last verse places the singer inside the nativity scene. In the cold December sky I will be a shining star, he sings, I will stand beside the smiling infant by the manger of a poor hut, and, sharing love in Mother Mary’s lap, I will spread peace. It is a carol that folds the Bethlehem story into a simple, universal wish: more love, less hatred, and peace spreading out from a humble stable to the whole world.