Christmas Long Ago

I think there's a song by the name "Christmas Long Ago".  At this time of year, I always think of Christmases in the past.  There was no tree with sparkling lights.  We didn't even have electricity until I was in high-school.  I can remember going across the fields with my brother looking for a nice size cedar tree to cut and take home.  Us children decorated it with strings of popcorn, crepe paper rope and silver tinsel icles.  Daddy always brought home Christmas candy and a coconut.  At school we exchanged names and we got a bag of treats thatt was always an orange, an apple and Christmas candy.  We had a Christmas program at school that we practiced on for sometime before Christmas.  There was always a play where someone played Mary and Joseph and a doll was baby Jesus.  We could do that back then.  That was the meaning of Christmas and should be today.   There was no Black Friday and all the hustle and bustle of shopping then like it is today.  But Christmas carols filled the air and peace on earth, good will toward men and the birth of the Christ Child was the main theme of Christmas long ago.