When you need a little Christmas

Joe started putting up lights a week before Thanksgiving and hasn’t stopped yet—we’ve never had such a display! It’s not yet December, but this morning I am sitting here looking at the stockings hanging from our mantle, because the truth is, we’ve just needed a little Christmas.
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​That song has been running through my brain nonstop for a few days now.  It was first recorded in 1966 in the musical Mame and has since been sung by a vast array of artists, from the Mormon Tabernacle choir to the Muppets. The storyline behind it is that when the high-flying free-spirited Mame lost 

everything in the stock market crash of 1929, she called for her household to begin celebrating Christmas immediately; to “haul out the holly, put up the tree before my spirit falls again.”  ​
​While we cannot compare our own dark chapter in history with the Great Depression, this global pandemic that has claimed almost 1.5 million lives to date, has cast its shadow over every aspect of our daily existence.  

Perhaps that is why, for many of us, it feels like Christmas ​cannot come too soon. We need a little Christmas, a reminder that death has lost its sting and that redemptive hope transforms every situation, because Jesus came as a babe in a manger some 2000 years ago.

​So, if you NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS, RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE, here are some resources to get you started:

MAVERICK CITY CHRISTMAS: The best Christmas worship experience I've had-great album!
​     Amazon playlist: Click here      Youtube sample: Click here    Itunes album: Click here

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS DEVOTIONALS: Experience Jesus’ birth through the stories of those who were there.  A great way to focus on those final days before Christmas: Click here.

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THE CHOSEN SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EPISODE: Expect tears and be deeply moved in this 24 minute portrayal of Christ's birth: Click here.

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And if you just need to sing along, join the iconic Johnny Mathis as he sings 
​NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS: Click here