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I was going to listen to my Josh Groban Christmas album (Noel) earlier tonight, but it turns out that I don't have it on my itunes, so I just listened to the one Christmas song I do have on there by him, which is O Holy Night, my favorite Christmas song. I just sat there with my eyes closed and all these images of Christmas were washing over me with the music. I am so happy that it is Christmas.
I used to hate this time of year. I don't know why, but I'd always get depressed and I didn't want to talk to anyone or be with family or anything. But for some reason, last year I loved it. Maybe it's because at college I feel so disconnected from my family so I look forward to being with them during the holidays. Whatever the reason, I am again this year full of happiness and joy for the holiday season.
I'm really excited about seeing all the people I haven't seen since last Christmas, to giving everyone their gifts, to the Christmas music, to snow, to those beautiful cold clear winter nights when the stars look just a little more beautiful than they do during the summer, to the general hustle and bustle and joyfulness of the whole season.
I don't have any type of relationship with Christ nor do I find any fulfillment in religion or a belief in God, so it may seem odd that O Holy Night is my favorite holiday song. But besides the sheer beauty of the music itself, there is something about the lyrics that I love as well. From a Christian perspective, it's a beautiful picture of what Christmas is commemorating. From a secular perspective, I look at it as a representation of the holiday season. Eleven months out of the year, life is blah hum drum, and then from the end of November through New Year's, it's a whole different world. There are lights everywhere and gift-giving and well-wishing, and even people who never sing will hum along to carols on the radio.
and the part where the singer exclaims, "O fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices! O night divine!"
... it just takes my breath away. every time.
I used to hate this time of year. I don't know why, but I'd always get depressed and I didn't want to talk to anyone or be with family or anything. But for some reason, last year I loved it. Maybe it's because at college I feel so disconnected from my family so I look forward to being with them during the holidays. Whatever the reason, I am again this year full of happiness and joy for the holiday season.
I'm really excited about seeing all the people I haven't seen since last Christmas, to giving everyone their gifts, to the Christmas music, to snow, to those beautiful cold clear winter nights when the stars look just a little more beautiful than they do during the summer, to the general hustle and bustle and joyfulness of the whole season.
I don't have any type of relationship with Christ nor do I find any fulfillment in religion or a belief in God, so it may seem odd that O Holy Night is my favorite holiday song. But besides the sheer beauty of the music itself, there is something about the lyrics that I love as well. From a Christian perspective, it's a beautiful picture of what Christmas is commemorating. From a secular perspective, I look at it as a representation of the holiday season. Eleven months out of the year, life is blah hum drum, and then from the end of November through New Year's, it's a whole different world. There are lights everywhere and gift-giving and well-wishing, and even people who never sing will hum along to carols on the radio.
and the part where the singer exclaims, "O fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices! O night divine!"
... it just takes my breath away. every time.