His Favorite Christmas Story Lyrics - Singles - Capital Lights

He met her up in Delaware in 1937 

She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress 

December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when he finally gained the courage to ask her to dance 

It was the night before Christmas, it was love at first sight 

The carolers sang as they danced through the night 

She was a small town girl, he was a traveling guy 

He never caught her name before they said their goodbyes 

A couple years later he was out on the road 

Having Christmas dinner in a diner alone 

When he saw a young waitress with a gleam in her eye 

Her favorite day of the year she showed her spirits were high 

She said sir can you shed a little holiday cheer 

A simple Christmas story was all she wanted to hear 

He looked prepared with a smile as he started to say here's my favorite Christmas story about a girl with no name 

He said I met her up in Delaware in 1937 

She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress 

December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I finally gained the courage to ask her to dance 

Every holiday season as he traveled he'd tell about his Christmas dance partner that he never knew well 

He'd share his favorite story with the locals he met 

He was called the Christmas story telling traveling man 

By age 53 he had done settled down 

All the neighborhood kids liked to gather around 

Just to listen to his stories about his life on the road 

All he had now were these children he told 

And every Christmas eve they showed up before dark 

He'd tell them all the story but they knew it by heart 

They could quote it word for word, he always told it the same 

It was his favorite Christmas story called the girl with no name 

He said I met her up in Delaware in 1937 

She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress 

December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I finally gained the courage to ask her to dance 

Twenty years later as he took his last breath 

It was on a cold Christmas morning in a hospital bed 

The children were grown, he had nobody left 

Except the little old nurse who was holding his hand 

He said Ma'am can you share a little holiday cheer 

A simple Christmas story was all he wanted to hear 

But his eyes filled with tears at the words that she spoke 

Because his favorite Christmas story was the one that she told 

She said I met him up in Delaware in 1937 

Though I never caught his name he was a traveling man 

December 24th at a quarter till eleven 

I'm so glad he got the courage to ask me to dance