Posted on 12/10/2011 7:49:05 AM PST by greyfoxx39
What Christmas means to Christians..and why.
“O Holy Night”
“Silent Night”
“Angels We Have Heard On High”
“Away In A Manger”
“O little Town Of Bethlehem”
“Joy To The World”
“Go Tell It On The Mountain”
“Hark The Herald Angels Sing”
“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”
“Little Drummer Boy”
“We Three Kings”
“It Came Upon A Midnight Clear”
“Do You Here What I Hear”
“O Come All Ye Faithful”
“Mary Did You Know”
“Christmas With A Capital C”
This is not a complete list but they tend to be the ones played most often in my house...most of these songs we have several versions of, from traditional to country to rock. I like all of the ones on the list but tend to lean towards the last one as my current favorite.
Yes, that’s my favorite too. To me it is the ultimate Christmas Carol.
“I Saw Three Ships” is my favorite Christmas tune followed closely by “The Wexford Carol’.
It came in an email today. Puts the Season in perspective. Merry Christmas to you and yours.:)
Becky Kelley's Story About the Song
While at the mall a couple of years ago, my then four year old nephew, Spencer, saw kids lined up to see Santa Claus. Having been taught as a toddler that Christmas is the holiday that Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, he asked his mom, "Where's the line to see Jesus"?
My sister mentioned this to my dad, who immediately became inspired and jotted words down to a song in just a few minutes. After putting music to the words, and doing a quick recording at home, he received a great response from friends. He sent the song off to Nashville without much response, except for a Christian song writer who suggested adding a bridge at the end of the first chorus. My dad then asked if I wanted to record the song to see what we could do with it. I listened to the song, made a few changes to the words to make it flow better, and we headed to Shock City Studios.
It was at the studio where Chris, owner and producer, rewrote the second verse and part of the chorus. With goose bumps and emotions high, we were all hopeful and felt like we had something special. The demo was recorded in just under two hours and sent off again to Nashville.... Still no response.
Then two weeks before Christmas last year, my cousins Greg and Robbie decided to do a video to see what we could accomplish on YouTube. The first day we had 3000 hits, and it soared from there. We received e-mails, phone calls, Facebook messages from people all over asking for the music, CDs, iTunes, anything. We had nothing. After a couple of meetings with Chris following the amazing response, we got serious. We headed back into the studio this past spring...this time with guitars, drums, bass, pianos, choirs... the real deal... and here we are today.
Getting iTunes set up, a website put together, and loving that thousands upon thousands of Christians have come together... remembering the true meaning of Christmas. Out of the mouths of babes come profound truths that many adults can not understand. Hopefully Spencer's observation will cause people all over to reflect on the love of Jesus, and that one day we will all stand in line to see Him. We are most thankful to our Heavenly Father to have this chance to share our music with you. Merry Christmas everyone.
Becky Kelley
This one makes me cry. My Grandpa who grew up in Winslow, Indiana and adopted there loved Chet Atkins.
When I hear this it brings back good memeories of a wnderful Grandpa who I dearly loved.
Enjoy!
This one makes me cry. My Grandpa who grew up in Winslow, Indiana and adopted there, loved Chet Atkins.
When I hear this it brings back good memories of a wonderful Grandpa who I dearly loved.
Enjoy!
Very nice.
Absolutely.
It isn’t my favorite Christmas song, but when I hear it, I get teary. My Grandpa would be well over 100 now.
He used to sit in his chair by his stereo radio with his cigar and listen to Chet Atkins.
He was a great grandpapa.
So beautiful. The Gaithers are just the best.
I adore David Phelps. Here is one of his best.
So beautiful. The Gaithers are just the best.
I adore David Phelps. Here is one of his best.
“Silent Night” by Karen Carpenter. The way she sings it tears my heart out. A beautiful voice silenced on Earth only to join God’s chorus in Heaven.
Penrod, has a great voice, seems like the type of person you'd like to hang out with. Lowry is 2 people, one is obviously the nut, fun to be with. The other is the deep thinker that gets hidden by the nut. Gaither, is a business man, a promoter. Phelps, no doubt has a nice voice, but he turns me off. His stylizations do nothing for me.
I'd like to hear Larnelle Harris do that song.
When it comes to "Mary Did You Know?". There might be others with better voices, but nobody sells the emotion of the song like Lowry.
It's one of my worst childhood memories. Being on a stage in front of a huge crowd - and most of the students, because most of the classes also gave some performance, were there to witness it. She wasn't a nun; it was a public school and she was the long-retired music teacher. She wore so much powder in the makeup on her face than whenever she blinked or smiled, it snowed. She smelled strongly of some gardenia perfume (can't stand the stuff to this day).
And I really did learn that I couldn't trust adults on that day, on that stage, the minute she started playing the introduction to "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." I should have been in therapy for decades over that incident.
He used to sit in his chair by his stereo radio with his cigar and listen to Chet Atkins.
He was a great grandpapa.
I had to listen to Chet just because of what you said about your grandpa. I had a grandpa like that. My grandpa's been gone now 17 years, and I still miss him. I look forward to the day I get to see him again, and give him a bear hug and snap his suspenders. I know there's not supposed to be tears in heaven, but I can't see how this 6' tall, 270# construction worker, won't have tears when I get to see my grandma and grandpa again.
Here's a song that makes me think of my grandpa. My grandpa had me on his lap when I was like 3, "letting" me steer his tractor. As I got older my sitting on his lap grew into me driving the tractor on my own. By my teens I was driving tractors, pickups, combines, grain trucks...
Today, when I get a chance to operate a new piece of equipment, I jump at it, and always bring my grandpa along with, in my mind.
The Sunday after Thanksgiving he would have been 110.
You got it.
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