Lyrics
(Featuring Amy Grant)
What if I told you?
You have the power
To give someone hope
Far beyond their wildest dreams
What if I told you it’s right there in your hands?
In your hands
It’s hard to imagine
How something so small
Can make all the difference
Tear down the tallest wall
What if December looked different this year?
What if we all just
Give this Christmas away
If there’s love in your heart
Don’t let it stay there
Give this Christmas away
And your life will be changed
By the gift you receive
When you give this Christmas away
It’s feeding the hungry
It’s serving the poor
It’s telling the orphan
You’re not forgotten anymore
It’s doing what love does
Even when no one’s watching you
Give this Christmas away
If there’s love in your heart
Don’t let it stay there
Give this Christmas away
And your life will be changed
By the gift you receive
When you give this Christmas away
For God so loved the world, He gave His only son
So we could be His hands, His feet, His love
His love
What if I told you?
You have the power
To give someone hope
Far beyond their wildest dreams
What if December looked different this year?
What if we all just
Give this Christmas away
If there’s love in your heart
Don’t let it stay there
Give this Christmas away
And your life will be changed
By the gift you receive
When you give this Christmas away
Give this Christmas away
You have the power
Just give it away
Give it away, give it away
Give it away, give it away
(Give it away)
(Give Christmas away)
Give it away
Songwriters: Matthew West / Matthew Joseph West / Sam Mizell / Samuel C. Mizell
Give This Christmas Away lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Music Services, Inc
About This Song
"Give This Christmas Away" was released on October 6, 2009, as a single from Matthew West's first Christmas album, The Heart of Christmas. The song inspired West to make his own campaign using the song as a message. He wrote and recorded it for VeggieTales with its new DVD release, "Saint Nicholas–A Story of Joyful Giving."
The campaign brings attention to the types of ways we can reach out to those in need around us. West explains, "What it means to me to ‘Give This Christmas Away’ is to pause long enough to look at the world from a perspective of ‘How can I help? How can I give? How can God use me to help meet the needs of somebody else this Christmas instead of just checking off the list of everything I want?'"