Christmas Music on the Radio

It is that time of year again: Christmas music is playing on the radio and in the stores, and I could not be more excited. It is so easy to forget the real purpose and meaning of Christmas when we are busy shopping, wrapping presents, finishing finals, and celebrating with friends and family the birth of our Savior. A tradition in our family is to start celebrating 2 days before Christmas so that we can visit both grandparents' houses and then everyone comes to our house on Christmas day. Every year my family has to watch It's a Wonderful Life and White Christmas; at least my mom and I have to watch these movies, my sister is not crazy about them but my dad is a fan of It's a Wonderful Life.

I believe this song came out last year, Amy Grant's "Breath of Heaven," and it is such a beautiful look at the heart of a woman who had an incredible burden to carry. It really makes you think about what Mary went through as a single woman carrying the child of God; some of her questions relate to my life to, wondering about God's plan and if I am the one that should be given this job. Amy Grant has a beautiful voice and she sounds so genuine and innocent as she sings the song.

"What If Cartoons Got Saved" is a unique song by Chris Rice in which he goes through the different Animaniac characters and explains, or rather sings, their version of "Hallelujah." But the purpose of the song is to say that cartoons cannot praise God, it is our responsibility. It is such a fun song and I was so excited to hear it on the radio today!

The following song is from the movie Princess Diaries and I downloaded it a long time ago after I had seen the movie. I do not even know if Nobody's Angel is still a group, they were never one of my favorites, but "Always Tomorrow" is a great song. I loved the Anne of Green Gables series when I was growing up and the movies were on this weekend. I was able to watch a small portion of the second one, each movie is like three hours long, and because it is being shown on television it was being spread over a five hour period. But one of Anne's phrases and philosophies is that "Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet," and when I heard this song I thought about the movie and the books. If you have not read them they are completely worth your time because it's one of the best series I have ever read about family, true friends, finding your passion in life and your true love.

When I heard this song on the radio I flipped out; it is a combination of some of my favorite Christmas songs in a beautiful medley by the Ray Conniff Singers, "Let It Snow, Count Your Blessings, We Wish You a Merry Christmas." Of course, "Count Your Blessings" is from one of my favorite movies White Christmas, and they do a new verse on "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" that I have never heard before. It really gets me in the mood for snow, a fire, and sitting in front of a Christmas tree. That is actually what we are going to do tonight, put up our Christmas tree - I love this time of year!