The Smallest Stocking

Your stocking is the smallest one But somehow takes up all my eyes It's hanging by your father's With its heel against the fairy lights We said we'd start the presents early Now it's nearly half past ten You've decided that it's breakfast So the ribbons have to wait again

He brings my tea and sits beside us We look down and there you are

The smallest stocking The biggest change this year One little sleepy person And a whole new Christmas here You don't know the songs we're singing You don't know what day it is But I'll remember how you fit Against my heart like this The smallest stocking Our first Christmas with you

There's a wooden train beneath the tree That you won't need for a while You are busy with the tissue paper And your dad is busy with your smile We have taken thirty pictures Nearly all of them the same But the one where you reach for his finger Is the one we're putting in a frame

Last December feels a long way off And only yesterday

The smallest stocking The biggest change this year One little sleepy person And a whole new Christmas here You don't know the songs we're singing You don't know what day it is But I'll remember how you fit Against my heart like this The smallest stocking Our first Christmas with you

We've been up since before daylight There's a yawn in every word Still your father starts that silly tune You seem to like the third time round I thought we'd have a perfect morning Now the morning's nearly through And the best bit isn't in the pictures It's sitting here with you

The smallest stocking The biggest change this year One little sleepy person And a whole new Christmas here There'll be time to tell the story When you're old enough to ask For now I'll hold you while you sleep And let the afternoon go past

Merry Christmas, little one Your stocking's next to ours