Beautiful, sacred music for SATB choir. Music composed by Kevin G. Pace with text by Kathryn W. Hales. Inspiration for this anthem came from President Gordon B. Hinckley: “There would be no Christmas if there had not been Easter. The babe Jesus of Bethlehem would be but another baby without the redeeming Christ of Gethsemane and Calvary, and the triumphant fact of the resurrection.” The Wondrous and True Story of Christmas," Ensign, December 2000.  This piece has a minimum purchase requirement of 7 copies. The price is set low to enable you to purchase enough copies for your choir. For larger choirs, please purchase sufficient copies (at least one copy per two choir members). 

YouTube video: The Gift of Easter, choral

Text:
At Christmas time we think of Jesus
Born in a stable stall,
We give our gifts of loving service,
Proclaim good will t’ward all.
Now at Easter time recall
The tomb where Jesus laid,
For without the gift of Easter,
There’d be no Christmas Day.

We sing our Christmas carols,
And decorate a tree,
We hang our stars and bells and balls,
For all the world to see.
Now at Easter time recall
The Life, the Truth, the Way,
For without the gift of Easter,
There’d be no Christmas Day.

We think how Jesus came to earth,
His life to freely give,
Payment for our sins was made,
That all mankind might live.
Now at Easter time we sing
Of love that can’t be stayed,
For without the gift of Easter,
There’d be no Christmas Day.