Joy to the world! O come, all you faithful! Angels we have heard on high. It came upon a midnight clear. The first noel. Feliz navidad. Sleigh ride. Silver bells. Jingle bells. Can you even imagine this season without music? Without the countless concerts and the carols accompanying you as you walk down the aisles of the grocery store? “In the air there’s a feeling of Christmas,” simply because of the ubiquitous Christmas music we hear this season.
The glad tidings of great joy to ALL people cannot be contained in words alone. We need music to express our sentiments this time of year, and lots of it. That’s why there is lots of Christmas music. There is the music that we sing in church; the conventional carols. There is popular Christmas music. There is country Christmas music. There is sacred Christmas music. There is classical Christmas music. All kinds of music. All themed to the Christmas season. It just shows you that the glad tidings of Christmas are celebrated by people of all musical tastes! All kinds of music lends itself to the themes of this season, themes of love, giving, and peace. Music exposes everyone to Christmas and spreads those glad tidings ever more widely.
Prayer: We are grateful for the music of this season. The glad tidings cannot be contained in words alone. We need melody and harmony and rhythm and tempo to share the feelings evoked by Christmas. Music is a beautiful gift for sharing what longs to be conveyed. Music lifts the spirits and touches the heart and we are thankful! Amen.
Lakewood United Church of Christ 