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Christmas Carol - Day 1

OK - so I want to give you a Christmas gift. Each day this month, until Christmas Day, I will post a different Carol. I will also try to explain what I like about the Carol.

This one has been my favorite ever since I can remember. I like the haunting quality of the song. I like the redemptive quality of the lyrics. And I like this rendering in particular - Sarah ROCKS!!!

Plus, I like that it's about the "town" of Bethlehem... City planner!!!

(yep. Geek.) :-)

Comments

Melodie7 said…
Gorgeous rendition...I love Sarah too. She has such a silky voice. Thank you for sharing it. :) would you look at that....only 6 more days till the 7th. ;-)
December 1, 2010 at 8:18 AM
Bill Cobabe said…
Yeah - I posted another song by Sarah the other day... I heard it in Burger King after the movie I went to with my boy and his friend. I hadn't heard it in a LONG time, but it made me think of good times, past and present. Lovely song... Lovely lyrics...

December 7th... A date that will live in infamy... (Pearl Harbor Day)... It's also the 7th day of Chanukkah... :-)
December 1, 2010 at 8:28 AM
Melodie said…
So what did you and your son go see? Anything good?

Chanukkah, HA! That song makes me laugh.
December 1, 2010 at 7:39 PM
Bill Cobabe said…
We went to see the 7th Harry Potter movie (Part I). Highly recommend it - unless you're younger than about 13... It's pretty dark and scary. I thoroughly enjoyed it, though. It was the second time I saw it.
December 2, 2010 at 6:03 AM
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