All parents dread the lonliness of their first Christmas without one of their children. I wrote this for my daughter (as a song) when she was moving across the country for the first time.

There'll be one less Cristmas present, one less plate to set

Someone special will be missing, you'll be hard to forget

 

I'll still decorate an evergreen, we'll sing christmas carols too

Unwrap presents christmas morning, and again I'll think of you

 

I'll watch the snowflakes falling, help the kids build a snow fort

Later warm up before a crackling fire, and once again I'll hurt

 

Pile my plate with turkey dinner, bang for quiet with my fist

So I can toast to loved ones missing, you'll be first on my list

 

I'll replay all our memories, of Christmasses gone by

Feeling such an ache of lonliness, but I'll resist the urge to cry

 

Yeah I'll still believe in Christmas, even though I'm not with you

When the phone rings I'll be smiling, cause that's what lonely Daddie's do.

Someone special will be missing, and that someone special's you