It never gets old!  Even when the day finally comes that I will have to wave the white flag, Christmas has, and will always be, for me, my favorite time of year.  

Every day is a blessing.  We come to this understanding as the years continue to fly by.  There is something to look forward to every week of every month.  However, when September rolls around, there is some internal trigger in me that is pulled.  The smell of Autumn is in the air, and that means football!  

My smile gets a little bigger with each passing day.  I am anticipating all that comes with the last four months of each year.  Family, friends, holidays, great food, a few extra goodies, music, decorations... all of the things we celebrate in life and ONE big one.  I think about this all the time because it is so obvious to me.  I won't get into telling you what your faith and beliefs should be, but as for me and my family, intelligent design is so clearly evident in all of Creation.  I choose to believe... and it gives me so much peace and joy. Christmas is all about love... Cherish it and keep it.  I keep Christmas in my heart and mind all year long!

If you compose music, and Christmas has meaning for you, the odds are high that you will attempt to write an occasional Christmas song... as the Spirit moves you.  This song is probably closer to being a "Christmas Carol" than my previous effort.  I particularly like the instrumentation behind the lyrics.  Enjoy.  I think I may also include an instrumental version

P.S.  Next year, I will ask Santa for a better singing voice. : )

**********************

Christmas In My Mind        

words & music JRRothrock 12/24/2001

Cozy, snowy houses… framed in tiny colored lights.

Chimneys puffing soft white smoke… drifting upwards through the night.

 The muffled crunch of tires… on the icy country roads…

… as travelers hurry home again… to the hearts in their abodes.

 Christmas caroling in the night… echoing o‘er the fields.

The joy t’was given to the world… again to be revealed!

------------------------------------- 

Oh, what a night… this glorious night… locked in our hearts and minds.

Christmas Eve… when you believe… each marks a place in time!

--------------------------------------

Huddling closely, families revel in their love…

…and praise the birth of Christ the King… and glory from above!

--------------------------------------

Oh, what a night… this glorious night… locked in our hearts and minds.

Christmas Eve… when you believe… each marks a place in time!

------------------------------------- 

-------------------------------------    

Church bells ring… and angels sing… to proclaim by light of morn…

… the greatest gift will be received... our Savior to be born!

 Church bells ring… as angels sing… that on this sacred morn…

… the greatest gift has been received... our Savior has been born!!!