The Christmas story is an ancient one, celebrating a promise of hope and bright futures. I love to use these songs to teach my children what Christmas means to me – not flashing lights and sales, but the potential we all possess. All human beings have the potential to become better, show mercy, and transform into beings worthy of the world we hope for. As Ben Stein says, love and peace are the highest values, something which all of us can share.
The true reason for the season.
One of my favorite Christmas-y tunes is one written in the 17th century, popular in both England and the young Colonies. Christmas is celebrated around the Winter Solstice, when the shortest day of a dying year promises new life, birth, and hope. The fierce cold of winter is overcome, the song shares, through the closeness of family and friends. Hopelessness and death is defeated through love and togetherness. As Ben Stein shares, this is a remarkable message – for everyone.
It is truly wonderful when a person of another faith beautifully expresses what is in my heart.
The highest values celebrated at Christmas are for everyone.
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