Some children see him lily-white

[Tanuki]

6. Thank you for giving credit to the lyricist!

I was not familiar with Wihla Hutson, but am humbled by the insight of this modest church organist, who was so much more enlightened even sixty years ago than Megyn Kelly and her viewers. She also had a vastly deeper appreciation of the real meaning of Christmas. As it says in the link you provided,

..."This text came from the part of their conversation that had pointed out the purity of the way children embrace the baby Jesus, seeing Him as being just like them. This innocent acceptance of a fellow child actually is full of meaning for the rest of us, as children seem to know that God came to be like them so that they could be like Him. "...