As he flew over the UralHe came upon a little townShining in the Arctic darknessSo the angel, he set downThen he walked among the peopleIn a fitting Earth disguiseSo no one recognized himThough they wondered at his eyesAnd there was one other thingThe people found both wonderful and strangeHow no one who saw him there that nightWas ever quite the sameIt was the way they saw their neighborIt was the way they saw this nightIt was the way they saw each strangerBy that star’s distant lightHe joined them in their merrimentWhich was about to startFor angels love a happy soulLike they love a childlike heart