A nostalgic, old-time, country-tinged Christmas track written and performed by Peter Leslie. Arranged and Produced by Bob Heatlie.

Lyrics:

I could swear it always snowed, even when it didn’t
Every Christmas throwing snowballs, wearing knitted mittens
I know it can’t be true
A misremembered photograph

Mind’s dancing in a blizzard, lost laughing in the snow
Throw me some tinsel to lead me back home
Ripped wrapping paper lies in bits on the floor
A scatter of memories of Christmas gone before

If I could freeze Christmas past
Collect them so they would last
Preserved in baubles of clear-cut glass
I’d hang them each year, on tree after tree
Relive them for real
No frosted reflections for me

Grandparents’ table set for Christmas, dinner for a dozen
Mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, aunties, uncles, cousins
No empty chairs back then
A room stuffed as a turkey

Then there was the Queen’s speech, the big Christmas film
The TV pickings back then were quite slim
So we’d play games, in a circle we sat
Sentimental is the minister’s cat

If I could freeze Christmas past
Collect them so they would last
Preserved in baubles of clear-cut glass
I’d hang them each year, on tree after tree
Relive them for real
No frosted reflections for me

Now we have our mini-selves, wide-eyed, excited
Christmas Eve, like little elves, their belief, can’t hide it
We’ll keep the cold world from the door
This fire’s always lit for you

As fast as an avalanche, careering down the stairs
To gaze in amazement at what you-know-who’s left there
A morning worth a lifetime, a day of noise and song
Hold on to it tightly, it doesn’t last for long

If I could freeze Christmas day
Always keep it this way
So that the wonder and joy would stay
With you every year 
And not disappear, a grin ear to ear
The best Christmas present for me

If I could freeze Christmas now
Caught in a bauble somehow
I’d hang it from the highest bough
On tree after tree, so the future would see you home here with me
Each and every year

The present is a gift we’ll celebrate together
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
The present is a gift we’ll share this December
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas