The Gift of Christmas
To listen to samples and purchase “The Gift of Christmas”, click here.
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I love the Christmas Season. Well, at least one part of it. I like the part where we feel moved to give rather than just get. Toy drives for kids. Shoe boxes full of presents for children in all parts of the world. Visiting nursing homes to sing Christmas carols for the elderly and the staff. Gatherings with friends, family and co-workers. Love is in the air.
Christmas is about love and giving because it is a celebration of the One who came to offer love, mercy and peace to a hurting world, hungry for a Savior to lift them out of the darkness into the light.
Somewhere along the way, the real reason we celebrate Christmas started to get lost in a frenzied attempt to “buy” and “do” and love and peace began to disappear from the season too. I don’t like that part. We say things like “I’ll be glad when Christmas is over and I can relax” or we look at our credit card bill in January and try to numb the sinking feeling we get when we realize we spent more than we can afford.
I don’t want to forget the One who changed my life – who gave me undeserved grace, unbelievable love, and a peace that transcends my life circumstances. I want to remember how the birth of Jesus Christ changed the world and transformed my life. I want to sing about that at Christmas and I want to share that with you.
With only a week to pick the songs, find a pianist, record the music, find a photo, design a cover and produce copies, I was led to put together a simple piano-vocal CD of soothing Christmas songs that will remind us of Who and what we are celebrating this Christmas season. It’s called “The Gift of Christmas Peace.” If you would like to get a copy of this for yourselves or send one to a friend, family member, co-worker or even your employees or customers, you can get a copy here. You can also go there to listen to samples of the songs. It was a pleasure to work again with Dave Proulx. He did a beautiful job on piano, in a type of “George Winston” and Windham Hill style.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Gift of Christmas Peace,
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Love you Christmas album, we have practically worn it out playing it so much! Also Bob gave me “Passages” for Christmas and we are enjoying that very much. We hope that you have a Happy and Healthy New Year!
Our love, Bob & Ellen