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A Relient K Christmas
From the 40’s and 50’s favorites such as “Santa Baby” by Eartha Kitt and “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby to the more recent “All I Want For Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey, each song elicits everything from a laugh and a giggle to a smile and a tear. One of the songs that causes me the most tears, yet I still listen to it over and over, is Amy Grant’s “Grown-Up Christmas List.” On the opposite end of the spectrum is one that is not technically a Christmas song, but one that I play repeatedly because of my Texas roots longing for some snow, is Dean Martin’s “It’s a Marshmallow World in the Winter.”
Between these extremes of unselfishly longing for all the problems in the world to be resolved and selfishly longing for snow that won’t melt when it hits the ground, lies a song of personal introspection; a song that I not only listen to repeatedly, but I love to share with others. I want to see if it will prompt them to think the way it makes me think… long, hard, and deep.
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Christmas preparation for the busy soul
Few of us set out to overcrowd our schedules, spend too much, eat way too much, or see the season go by so fast that all we retain are blurred memories of no particular quality. We end up in January, vaguely let down and aware that we have somehow (again) missed the point – the joy of our Savior’s birth and its implications for Christians all over the world.
I was determined not to let that happen this year, so I am going to try a couple of things.
- Plan ahead
- Re-orient my viewpoint
The first idea is one I read about in a waiting room magazine article. Before the holiday season began (for many of us, that’s before Thanksgiving, although it’s still not too late) I sat down with my family and a calendar.
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