“Little one, who straight hast come
Down the heavenly stair,
Tell us all about your home,
And the father there.”
“He is such a one as I,
Like as like can be.
Do his will, and, by and by,
Home and him you’ll see.”
The Christmas Child
Summary
"The Christmas Child" is a short poem by George MacDonald in which a heavenly child, freshly descended from above, is asked to describe the Father and the home waiting beyond the stars. The child's answer is disarmingly simple: the Father is just like me — follow His will, and one day you will see for yourself. In just eight lines, MacDonald captures a theology of incarnation wrapped in the voice of pure, childlike certainty.
