Christmas Songs

by

Singing Christmas

I love Christmas music, despite the fact that many times it doesn’t really deal with Christmas in my area of the country.

Still, I associate Christmas with sleigh bells, snow, chestnuts, and a red-nosed reindeer.

There are plenty of songs that deal with the true meaning of Christmas like the classics like Away in a Manger or Silent Night.

But being in Christian radio affords me the opportunity to hear what today’s artists are writing and singing. Many of those songs have also been rooted in me as a Christmas song.

Many Christmas songs seem to indicate the singing of the angels.
Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o’er the plain.
But you cannot find anything in the Bible that says that the angels sing. What you do have is from the birth of Christ,

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!” Luke 2:13-14

Here the angels said their praise to God.

I believe singing praise to God may be left up to you and me. And if that’s true, then sing!

Sing your praise to God! Praise Him in a way that no other creature in all creation can.

Sing!

Abba, I will sing my praise of You. I will praise the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. YES&AMEN

by

How We Feel About Christmas

For you have perverted the words of the living God. Jer 23:36
There is a bit of romanticism and nostalgia surrounding Christmas.
Consider the songs we love to hear and sing.

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,
Jack Frost nipping on your nose,
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir,
And folks dressed up like Eskimos. Continue reading →

by

What Does Christmas Mean To You?

morning thoughts

Morning thoughts from Pastor Tim

This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

 I was listening to the radio the other day and heard the Nat King Cole classic 1961 Christmas Song.
chestnutsI know you have heard the lyrics.

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,
Jack Frost nipping on your nose,
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir,
And folks dressed up like Eskimos.

While this song is symbolically romaticized at Christmas and gives a warm feeling inside, for me, I’ve never had a chestnut.
I’ve had Jack Frost nipping at my nose but that’s more in January and February.
Folks don’t dress up like Eskimos in Texas; it’s just not cold enough.
And how about this Christmas song made famous in 1942 by Bing Crosby.

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten,
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

Once again it’s a great song that conjures up cozy seasonal thoughts of the child like faith in Christmas.
I’ve never heard sleigh bells in the snow or any other place.
My Christmases are never white and the treetops don’t glisten.
Perhaps in other areas of the country these songs are a real tribute to what others may experience.
For me Christmas is a cold drizzle outside and a warm fire inside.
Christmas is the glistening of red and green of traffic lights reflecting on a wet street.
It’s lights on a house, the smell of a fir, and the truck sliding around in red mud.
But there is common ground for all of us, whether your Christmases are white, you eat chestnuts, dress up like an Eskimo, or wear shorts and flip-flops.
And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7
For all of us Christmas should be foremost about the birth of our Savior.

Continue reading →