Christmas is right around the corner. Millions of people are out right now buying last minute gifts for those they love, those they want to impress and those they barely speak to. If I was a betting woman, I would bet that 90% of them don’t know how Christmas started. They don’t know what the […]
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Silver and Gold – The Spirit of Christmas in Christmas Songs (Part 3/3)
The Spirit of Christmas in Christmas Songs (Part 3/3) This is the third and final song in my list of Christmas songs that show the spirit of Christmas. “Silver and Gold” is from the animated movie, “Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer”. Burt Ives is the voice of the snowman, who starts out by telling us […]
Santa Claus is Coming to Town – The Spirit of Christmas in Christmas Songs (Part 2/3)
The Spirit of Christmas in Christmas Songs (Part 2/3) This is the second song in my list of Christmas songs that show the spirit of Christmas. Everyone knows that if you rearrange Santa’s name you get Satan, which is most appropriately. After all, millions of people worship Santa Claus as all knowing and who has […]
O’ Christmas Tree – The Spirit of Christmas in Christmas Songs (Part 1/3)
This is the first part of an analysis of three Christmas songs. If you really want to understand the simple meaning of Christmas, all you have to do is read the words of Christmas songs that are sang every year by millions of people around the world. The tradition of singing Christmas songs involved everyone […]
The Magi Visit Jesus
Every year the story of Jesus being born is celebrated as the holiday, Christmas. It tells about how he was born in a manger and how the three wise men each brought a gift for him while he was still in the manger. Books, cartoons, and movies all portray this story. However, this is not […]
The Real Nativity Story
Christmas was my favorite holiday when I was a child. I loved decorating the house, inside and outside. I loved going to the tree lot to pick out a real tree, then bringing it home and decorating it. It was always so huge so there was a lot of decorating to be done. We wrapped […]