[DollyCali]

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(FROM HER THREAD AT FINEST last WEEK)
-click on each hot link to hear selection-





* Bing Crosby~Silver Bells   *Bing Crosby ~ Do You Hear What I hear

* Josh Groban ~ O Holy Night    * Clay Aiken ~ Mary Did You Know

* Mannheim Steamroller~Carol Of The Bells  * MSteamroller~Pat A Pan

* Elvis ~ Blue Christmas   * Elvis ~ I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

* Vienna Boys Choir ~ Gloria   *Michael W Smith ~ Christmas Time Medley

* Emmylou Harris ~ Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem    *Handel ~ Halleluja

*Nat King Cole ~ The Christmas Song   *Andy Williams ~ Carol Of The Bells

*Ray Charles ~ Winter Wonderland    * DBC Choir ~ I Have Seen The Light

*Mannheim Steam Roller ~ Little Drummer Boy   *Natalie Cole ~ Caroling

* Classics of Christmas ~ Deck the Halls   * Bing Crosby ~ Silent Night, Holy Night

* Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & The London Symphony Orchestra ~ The First Noel

     *The Carpenters ~ I'll Be Home For Christmas* Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

* Barbara Mandrell ~ It Must Have Been the Mistletoe   * Sleigh Ride

* Whitney Houston ~ Joy To The World   * John Tesh ~ Homecoming

* Mannheim Steamroller ~ O Come Emanuel    * Jewl ~ Hark The Harold Angels sing

* Bing Crosby & David Bowie ~ Little Drummer Boy   * Josh Groban ~ Believe

* George Winston ~ The Holly and The Ivy   * Charlie Brown ~ Christmas Time Is Here

* Glenn miller ~ We Wish You A Merry Christmas

[The Mayor]

December 24, 2006

Wonder

READ: Luke 2:15-20

All those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. —Luke 2:18

Elmer Kline, a bakery manager in 1921, was given the job of naming the company’s new loaf of bread. As he struggled to come up with something “catchy,” he found his answer in an unlikely place. While visiting the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, he stopped to watch the International Balloon Festival.

Later he described the sight of the beautiful hot-air balloons launching into the Indiana sky as one of “awe and wonderment.” The thought stuck, and he called the new product Wonder Bread. To this day, the packaging for Wonder Bread is brightened by colorful balloons.

Wonder, however, is a word that evokes something more significant than a loaf of bread or hot-air balloons. One dictionary defines wonder as “a cause of astonishment or admiration.” It’s a word that captures the experience of all the people surrounding the events of the coming of Jesus into the world—the angels, Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, and all the people they told. Luke said they “marveled” (2:18). For all of them, trying to understand the birth of Christ was an exercise in wonder.

As we celebrate Christmas, may we be filled with wonder at His love and His coming.

Have you felt the joy of the shepherds,
Who were first to behold the sight
Of that holy Child of Mary
On that wonderful Christmas night?  —Brill

A wonder-filled life is yours when you know the Christ of Christmas.

Bible in One Year:   Habakkuk 1-3; Revelation 15