You Gotta Get Up (Christmas Song)

 

With the 10th song on A Liturgy, a Legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band, Rich Mullins has perfectly captured the anticipation and excitement that filled our hearts as children who just could NOT sleep in on December 25th.

I thought Christmas Day would never come

But it's here at last, so mom and dad,

the waiting's finally done

And you gotta get up, you gotta get up,

you gotta get up

It's Christmas morning

Last night I heard reindeers on my roof

Well you may think I'm exaggerating

but I swear I'm tellin' you the truth

And you gotta get up, you gotta get up,

you gotta get up

It's Christmas morning

Did my sister get a baby doll?

Did my brother get his bike?

Did I get that red wagon, the kind that makes you fly?

Oh, I hope there'll be peace on earth

I know there's good will toward men

On account of that Baby born in Bethlehem

Mom and Daddy stayed up too late last night

Oh, I guess they got carried away in the Christmas candlelight

And you gotta get up, you gotta get up,

you gotta get up

It's Christmas morning

And you gotta get up, you gotta get up,

you gotta get up

1993 - Edward Grant, Inc.

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Truth is...Even as commercial and secularized as the celebration of Christmas has become, there will always be the reminder of that baby born in Bethlehem. Sure, Jesus probably wasn't actually born on December 25th, but that's not the point. The miracle of the Incarnation, God taking on human flesh to carry out his mission of sacrificial love, is worth celebrating 365 days a year.