Happy Thanksgiving to those of you reading my blog. It is Thanksgiving that we celebrate today. As we begin looking forward to Christmas, and begin thinking of Christmas songs we enjoy, and love, I share some of my favorites.
Many of us have memories of sitting in front of TV watching cartoon Christmas specials. Christmas specials such as Frosty The Snowman, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and many more. Those TV specials represented the joy of the season, and anticipation of Christmas day.
As we aged songs like Frosty The Snowman probably began finding its way out of our top 10 list of favorite songs. Still, this is the time of year when Christmas songs will be heard; you can`t escape them, but do you really want too? We grow in faith. Christmas songs such as Frosty The Snowman and Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer are replaced by Christmas songs taking-on greater reason why we celebrate Christmas: The birth of Jesus Christ - Our Lord and Savior. In time, Frosty and Rudolph are replaced by traditional songs that celebrate Jesus, such as What Child Is This; Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel, and many other traditional Christmas songs.
Traditional songs such as Silent Night and We Three Kings are songs we sing during Christmas season, and represent in our faith the celebration, joy, and reverence we have for Jesus, and the holy birth. There are also non-traditional and secular songs that are also a joy to hear. Songs from A Charlie Brown Christmas are secular songs from the Peanuts series.
Vince Guaraldi`s songs for Christmas are not only for children to enjoy, but also adults. Christmas Time Is Here has to be one of my favorites; sacred or secular. Christmas season would not be complete without hearing Nat King Cole`s - The Christmas Song.
As a society we are blessed to have both sacred and secular Christmas Songs to sing and enjoy. Again, Happy Thanksgiving to all, and Merry Christmas.
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