| 2008 Christmas Card Carol
...and yes, I know it's 2009. This song went out with my Christmas e-cards last year, but I wasn't satisfied with it so I didn't post it. It needed a few tweaks, the recording we did was too slow... oh,a whole flock of finicky details that finally made me throw my hands up and say "Bah, humbug."
So after a year on the shelf, I pulled it out, dusted it off, made a few adjustments, re-recorded it a bit faster, and... here it is. In the meantime, I also used some of the same thoughts in "My All Is Thine," so a few of the lines may sound somewhat familiar. At least one is Christmas music and one is not.
When I was a child, the animated Christmas specials in which little shepherds and drummer boys came to the manger to give their gifts to the baby Jesus always fascinated me. Being a child of strong imagination, I often inserted myself into those scenes set in the stable, and wondered what my gift to the holy Child would be. It's a tendency I have yet to outgrow. I still imagine myself, like Mr. Kruger, approaching the manger and I wonder... what can I give the One who gave everything He had and everything He was for me? This song expresses what the answer to that question might be.
May your spirit be full of carols during this Christmas season.
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