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Time for the Christmas spirit!

November 23, 2012 By Erika Zane

23 Nov

It’s officially my favorite time of year!

It’s kind of amazing I didn’t break out the Christmas decorations today, but I did turn on my Christmas music.  So, now that we’re safely beyond Thanksgiving, I thought I’d talk about Christmas music.

Nothing touches my heart and soul like music.  I was a high school choir and band nerd and my love of music never subsided.  My flute skills on the other hand… but I do still love to sing, not that you’ll ever hear me sing solo or anything.

So, to kick off the Christmas season, I’m going to list my top ten favorite Christmas songs:

  1. Oh Holy Night (the “fall on your knees” part gets me every time)
  2. Carol of the bells  (the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and the Barlow Girl versions are my favorites)
  3. Still, Still, Still
  4. Ave Maria
  5. I Wander As I Wander
  6. Angels We Have Heard On High
  7. Jingle Bells
  8. Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
  9. Oh Come All Ye Faithful
  10. Silent Night

Do my choices make me boring?  I love the classics.  I love the simplicity and pure beauty of the church hymnal Christmas classics.

I’m sure part of that comes from fond memories of playing and singing some of those while growing up.  My high school choir was one of  few that got away with singing Christmas music because our teacher felt the Christian songs were the prettiest and, considering she was Jewish, no one was about to argue with her on religious grounds.

I’m not a huge fan of the pop Christmas songs, but that’s probably from working in retail in high school and hearing the same ones over and over (and over and over and over).  I do, however, love good remixes on old goodies, like all the songs in Big Daddy Weave’s “Christ is Come” Christmas album, but I’ll save my favorite albums for another day.

What about you?  What are your Christmas favorites and why?  Or do you dislike the whole holiday genre?

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Hello and welcome.  It’s been a while.  For Lent this year I decided to fast from the thing that took too much of my attention from what is truly important: Social Media.  Though there are countless amazing benefits to Social Media, after about a month offline so far, there are seemingly just as many negatives.  I never realized how much of my brain had been hijacked by it.  I’ve had so many revelations about how much easier it is to move forward when I’m not constantly reminded of the past.  But I still want to record my family as they grow at this ridiculous speed and, I’m realizing, so many of our family’s memories are here.  Those along with so many of the struggles and stages we’ve worked through.  Maybe in the midst of COVID19 isolation and my kids around me so often, I’m brought back to a time when they were too young for school and with me so often.  Writing here during that time helped make up for the limited adult conversation in my days and the overwhelm provided by my… little treasures 😉 My husband, fur babies, three fiesty kids, and I hereby extend an invitation to visit this little sneak peak into our life. We’re super flawed and broken and there aren’t too many dull moments around here.  And I promise it’s not always as magical as some of my golden hour, sun-soaked images would suggest.  There’s usually too much coffee in my system and we welcome all the prayers.  Come on over if you want to process with me.

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