*sudden rush of wistful nostalgia*
GOSH. THOSE WERE INDEED THE DAYS BACK IN UNI LIFE... *sigh* so sweet the memories of preparing for Christmas. Can't forget especially Dec 2005 and 2006... preparing for the Christmas skit in 2005, and doing the Christmas MM in 2006.
And through it all, I remember this beautiful old Christmas song:
Christmas isn't Christmas
Till it happens in your heart
Somewhere deep within you
Is where Christmas really starts...
So give your heart to Jesus
You'll discover when you do
That it's Christmas,
Really Christmas for you...
Hee hee! :)
Incidentally, I love listening to Christmas carols. They have always warmed my heart, and I remember listening to church carollers sing the beloved carols with my family back in the 80s and early 90s at Lucky Plaza. They really sang very well (thank God...) and they would distribute gospel tracts too. Those gospel tracts planted a seed in my heart over the years. :)
But personally, I like listening to Christmas carols sung by a group choir much more than those sung by an individual. Somehow, listening to Corinne May's rendition of "Joy to the World", no matter how sweet she sounds, really can't compare to even the simplest rendition of a choir singing the same song... it's just so much the collective and united joy that the choir expresses at the birth of the Saviour, Jesus Christ!
After all, the first ever Christmas song was sung not by one angel, but by a HUGE chorus of excited angels...
Luke 2:13-14
At once the angel was joined by a huge angelic choir singing God's praises:Glory to God in the heavenly heights,
Peace to all men and women on earth who please him.
Oops, nothing against Corinne May - I love to listen to her songs, but honestly, there's really a wonderful (and mysterious) joy that a choir can express that one person alone can't do.
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