Wow! This blew me away. I’ve got to wipe my eyes.
Requested by SemperSoloDeoGloria, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, sung by Amy Grant Just beautiful: I’m sure the LORD is pleased.
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Our Christmas Eve, 2024
No tree, no wreath, no lights–we’ve been too busy, too tired, to do any of those Christmassy things. I’m sort of a shell of myself, and Patty is worn out: for six weeks it was all on her (“Get to work, horse!”)–and now she has me to take care of.
No presents. Hard to buy presents when you’re stuck in the hospital.
And yet… dog my cats if it doesn’t feel like Christmas! Oh, the memories! And every carol stirs my soul.
We have to rest this afternoon. Have to! Perilously close to running on empty. So we’ll have a supper that can mostly cook itself, turn off the lights and love the snow, and watch a Christmas movie: George C. Scott’s Christmas Carol, I think.
And the day after Christmas is the anniversary of our first date, back in 1976.
Merry, happy, loving, remembering Christmas, everyone.
‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’
I’m not trying to win my own carol contest… but somebody’s gotta post carols. So let’s post this: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, choir, orchestra, and all, from St. Paul’s Cathedral.
(I hope the contest hasn’t lost its savor…)
‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’ (Amy Grant)
I would like it to be said of me that “he knew how to keep Christmas.” And Easter, too.
And so we come to Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, by Charles Wesley in 1739, sung by Amy Grant.
If Christ is not born, the world cannot be saved.
And if Christ be not risen, as St. Paul explained, then we can’t be risen, either.
Hence a Christmas hymn in September.