From Our Family to Yours

Intro

Ho-ho, hey — mmm, yeah

(Mmm-mmm)

Verse

The kettle hums, mittens on the hook

Grandma's laugh, the cookbook looks like a storybook

Tiny lights on the tree we trim by hand

Old letters tied with ribbon, names we still understand

The dog in a ribbon, the cat on the sill

Dad's off-key carol that somehow fits the chill

Snow on the porch steps, footprints that sneak and run

From our house to yours, the season's just begun

Pre-chorus

We hang the postcards, we pass the pie (pass it, pass it)

We pass the silly sweaters, we pass the midnight sky (mmm)

Hands that hold the little ones, hands that learned to dance

Come close, come close — give this night a chance

Chorus

From our family to yours, light the window, light the door

From our family to yours, we sing it loud, we sing it more

From our family to yours, pass the plate, pull up a chair

From our family to yours, love's the gift that we all share

From our family to yours, oh-oh, from our family to yours

Verse

Cousins under the table, hiding secret treats

The record spins an old song while we shuffle awkward feet

A little one's wide eyes at the first snow of the year

A call across the miles, you sound so close, you sound so near

The fireplace tells stories, the sugar warms the hands

The list gets longer every year but somehow it expands

We toast to all the small stuff, the messy and the bright

We keep a candle burning through the slow and sparkling night

Pre-chorus

We light the memories, we pass the flame (pass the flame)

We joke about the ornaments that look a little strange (ha)

There’s clumsy kind of magic in the way we recombine

So gather, gather, gather — let this room be mine

Chorus

From our family to yours, light the window, light the door

From our family to yours, we sing it loud, we sing it more

From our family to yours, pass the plate, pull up a chair

From our family to yours, love's the gift that we all share

From our family to yours, oh-oh, from our family to yours

Bridge

Raise a cup to the ones who can’t be here (we raise it)

Ring the bell for the ones that we hold dear (ring it)

Sing a line for the secrets and the silly fights (na-na-na)

Sing a line for the morning after Christmas lights (la-la-la)

We send a little suitcase of laughter by the door

A paper town of carols, a ribbon and a roar

So if the night feels big and the miles feel tall

Remember every house is just somebody’s heart — after all

Chorus

From our family to yours, light the window, light the door

From our family to yours, we sing it loud, we sing it more

From our family to yours, pass the plate, pull up a chair

From our family to yours, love's the gift that we all share

From our family to yours, oh-oh, from our family to yours

From our family to yours, oh-oh, from our family to yours

Outro

From our family to yours — mmm, yeah

From our family to yours — ho-ho, hey

(from our family to your