The Christmas tree with its decorations
Waits for us to get started
Never has it been so green
Never has it been so pretty
And from the sky itself it seems
That the big star slid down
Hearts1 cut with scissors
Of the dexterous kind
Cornets2 with curly handle
Which so easily gets a defect
Baskets, balls, birds, flags
Up and down and front and behind
The Christmas tree visiting
Greets us from oak and beech
With message from out there
That it brightens day by day
And that the sun from its hiding place
Wishes us a Merry Christmas
1. "Julehjerte", Scandinavian christmas decoration, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleated_Christmas_hearts.2. This verse mentions several kinds of decorations for the Christmas tree. Some of them are designed to contain sweets while hanging on the tree