One of my favorite Christmas songs was written in the late 2000s. I first heard it at Silver Dollar City on September 5, 2011. Becky Isaacs introduced it as one of the songs in their Christmas album. I don’t know if she only sang that song because she was trying to sell more Christmas records,Continue reading “The Labor of Love”
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The Decorations
This year, we have chosen a retro theme for our Christmas decor. Retro, meaning nothing matches. Our Christmas tree is the goulash of trees. There isn’t a theme at all. I remember my Great Grandma Dobbs tree. She had those good Christmas lights. She’d probably had them since the 60s or 70s. They were pale,Continue reading “The Decorations”
The Modern-Day Carol
I was mesmerized by this song the first time I heard it. It was on Janet Paschal’s Christmas CD from the early 2000s. She had a full orchestra and an actual ability to sing. I have a guitar with year-old strings and no talent whatsoever. What I do have is guts, apparently. That’s what itContinue reading “The Modern-Day Carol”
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Taking Down the Decor
When God Arrives
We don’t know for sure that Jesus was born in December, but we celebrate His birth at that time of year anyway. We do know that Jesus was born during a time of civil unrest (zealots attempting to overthrow the Roman government), He was born after Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem to be TAXED…Continue reading “When God Arrives”
