25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs - sorry it is so late

I could not decide what song I would post for Christmas day - and so I went over and over again in my mind thinking what I would post. Today I came across this video of my Friends Jeanne and Martin singing one of my favorite songs that I have not yet posted, Do You Hear What I Hear!
I hope you can open the link, it is off the Seacoast School of Worship Facebook page, if it doesn't play here like their page and play it there! (They are worth following).

Do You Hear what I Hear?

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

I know I recently posted this on Facebook but it is one of my favorite songs. This year is going to be a Different Kind of Christmas for so many who have lost loved ones. I pray that in the mist of the grief they can find Peace. Jesus said; My peace I leave with you, not as the world gives...There is a perfect peace that passes all understanding! May the peace of Christmas be with everyone this year, especially those facing a Different Kind of Christmas!

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

I like this song, and I enjoy the movie but the reason I am posting in my list is because as I was playing it tonight Cooper yelled, I LOVE THIS SONG! So because of his enthusiasm I'm posting it as one of my favorite songs!

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

My Favorite Christmas Songs - Day 22

My Christmas prayer for everyone this Christmas Season! May you experience the Joy, Hope, Peace and Love of Christmas this year more than ever before.

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

My Favorite Christmas Songs - Day 21

I was planning on posting this song, and then it popped up as part of my morning devotional - love when God connects the two.

God sent his angels to the lowly shepherds to announce the birth of a King!? They went to see Jesus and then proclaimed to all what they had witnessed. Jesus told us to do the same thing - "Go and tell the Good News to EVERYONE!" Use your words, show God's love in your actions...GO! Oh Hallelujah! Jesus Christ is Born! (and guess what? He's coming back!)

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

My Favorite Christmas Songs - Days 19 and 20

This is actually my favorite song of all time! I'm just glad someone things it can be a Christmas song too. May your day be Joyful!



And since I missed posting yesterday - not sure why? Here is an extra to catch up!

The first time I heard this song was after the death of a friend and I couldn't help but think about how her family's Christmas was going to be different that year. And I prayed that her mom and sister could find peace and joy during the season.

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

My Favorite Christmas Songs - Day 18

Jingle Bells is one of those songs that can get on your nerves, unless you find a fun rendition. Here is one of my favorite by one of my favorite artists.  Tap your toe, sing along and enjoy the smile that will be on your face when you've listened to this song, you can't help but smile.

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

My Favorite Christmas Songs - Day 17

Nothing gets your blood flowing like a great version of the Hallelujah Chorus! We sang this in the church choir and I loved it! Enjoy this version of the Hallelujah chorus and remember that Jesus was the one born of God, the Lamb who was Worthy to be Slain! HALLELUJAH! - You just can't say that word without a getting a smile on your face!

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

This is one of those songs that you need to listen to the lyrics to really appreciate the song. It is so true, not only about Jesus but about family, A baby changes everything. So thankful for God sending Jesus to change the way the world views life, time and everything! Merry Christmas!

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

My Favorite Christmas Songs - Day 15 (two for one)

One of my fondest memories of Christmas is going to church on Christmas Eve. We would attend the early service, my sister and I usually sang in the choir and/or played a part in the children's nativity. Then after service we would go home and have a party with family and friends.  We would usually return again to church for the 11pm service, which was my favorite.  At the end of service, like in most churches we would light candles and sing Silent Night. It was a beautiful thing.  I always remember the pastor saying at the end - It's December 25, Christmas Morning, go and shine the Light of Jesus. Then we would walk home - my favorite was walking home in the snow.  It just made Christmas, Christmas. Here is my favorite version of Silent Night.



I told you it was a two for one! My other favorite song we sang at church while I was growing up was at the end of every service leading up to Christmas and it was the Peace Carol - Once again, here are the muppets with John Denver and the Peace Carol.

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

My Favorite Christmas Songs - Day 14

I've always loved the song The Little Drummer Boy, and of course the tv Christmas Special. This is my favorite version of that song! Enjoy!

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

This is another one of those songs I kick off the season with, usually around the beginning of October! I love it from Mame, sung by Lucille Ball - a bad singer but amazing actress! And I think it is a great song for right now!

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

My Favorite Christmas Songs -Day 12

My favorite Christmas songs, as you know if you've been following my posts, tell the story of the Birth of Christ. Here is another favorite by to great artists, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers called Once Upon A Christmas...enjoy!

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

My Favorite Christmas Songs - Day 11

I'm not a big fan of the 12 Days of Christmas but when I heard this one I couldn't stop laughing! Enjoy!



The 12 Pains of Christmas is a good one too!

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

My Favorite Christmas Songs - Day 10

This has become my favorite Christmas Worship Song. Here it is performed by Chris Tomlin, but this song was written by my friend Martin Chalk. Click Here to hear Martin Chalk perform Adore.

I am so proud of Martin. He is such a talented Man of God and so humble. This is not his first song that he wrote and Chris Tomlin recorded. Thank you Martin for your gifts and talents and for sharing them with the world. I pray God will bless you with more songs that will change the way we worship our God and King! Thank you Chris Tomlin for recognizing the Awesomeness of Martin Chalk!

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

My Favorite Christmas Songs - Day 9







Meghan introduced me to this song last year. So powerful to think about - How many kings step down from their thrones, how many greats have become the least for me! God gave his one and only son. Jesus left heaven and came to earth to live a blameless life, but was put to death for our sins! Would you give up your child's life for someone else? Just a great reminder of how much God loves us! An unconditional love. We've done nothing to earn his love or his forgiveness, he does it because he loves us.

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

My Favorite Christmas Songs - Day 8

I need to note that these songs are not listed in order of favorites - these are just listed randomly, because if you ask me what my favorite Christmas song is, it would change with my mood. These are just 25 of my favorite Christmas songs - I have so many more. There are few Christmas songs that I don't like. (yes there are a couple, but very few)

Today's song is a song that brings together my two most wonderful times of the year! Christmas - the birth of our Lord and Savior and Easter when Christ completed the work he came to do. He came as a baby, grew into a man and teacher. He died a death that he did not deserve, he did nothing wrong, but he did it for us! But it did not end there - God rose Jesus from the dead to give us the hope of eternal life with Him in heaven! Listen to the lyric and remember what God did for you and how much he loves you!

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

My Favorite Christmas Songs - Day 7



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A flashback to my childhood! (No I'm not that old I just remember hearing it on the radio). This is one of those songs that you never hear anymore but I still listen to it at Christmas time. (So thankful for YouTube!) Just a fun song, I hope you enjoy!

25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs

My Favorite Christmas Songs - Day 6



White Winter Hymnal is a song I just heard for the first time this season. This is the one song I'm probably going to tell you NOT to listen so much to lyrics but the rhythm of the song. (The words are kind of weird...) But the sound and the tune of the song are what caught my attention. This is one of my favorite - unique songs of Christmas...it really has nothing to do with Christmas as much as it does winter time. - So enjoy!



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25 Days of My Favorite Christmas Songs - Day 5

My Favorite Christmas Songs - Day 5

This is a narrative of the history (another favorite subject) of the song, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. The story is sad, but filled with Hope. I didn't used to like this song, but when I heard this (and there are some creative liberties on the story) it changed me. Again you have to listen to appreciated the song.

My favorite lines are;

And in dispair I bowed my head
There is no peace on Earth I said
For hate is strong, that mocks the song
of Peace on Earth, Goodwill to men.

Doesn't the world feel that way sometimes. Especially when you can't turn on the television or look on Facebook without seeing and reading about all the hate in the world. But later he writes about the hope in such a dark and scary world...

Then hear the bells roar loud and deep
God is not dead nor does he sleep
The Wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With Peace on Earth Goodwill to men!

My prayer this Christmas Season - and all year long, is that we would all experience peace from knowing Jesus!

25 Of My Favorite Christmas Songs - Days 1-4 (because I procrastinated)

So I had this plan of posting a Christmas Song every day from now till Christmas - my favorite Christmas songs, but I've fallen behind before I started so I'm going to play catch up in this first post.

(I apologize ahead of time for all the ads on YouTube - I have no control over them.)

Day 1 of my Favorite Christmas Songs -

This is one of the first songs I play when I start playing Christmas music because it is a song of anticipation and expectation. The people were waiting for a Messiah to come and save them, but they never imagined he would come as a baby in small village like Bethlehem. This song also reminds me that we too are waiting for the Messiah to return, each day is another day closer to his return...will you be ready?


Day 2 of my Favorite Christmas Songs -

From the first time I heard this song I fell in love with it. Just take some time to listen to the lyrics and imagine Mary, a young unmarried girl being visited by an angel and told she will be the mother of the Son of God. Imagine her thoughts, her fears, her concerns. Imagine her watching Jesus grow up and perform miracles and die on the cross for a sin he did not commit.
(and this group is one of my favorite groups, you'll see them again on this list).


Day 3 of My Favorite Christmas Songs - 

Just like Day 2's song I love the lyrics and the idea of figuring out what Joseph might have been thinking. I could see Joseph having these questions about what was about to happen to him.  Put yourself in Joseph's place - how would you have felt?

Day 4 of My Favorite Christmas Songs -

I sometimes wonder about me - do other people really listen to the lyrics of songs and imagine the story that goes within them? I do, that is why I love this song as well. These past three songs, to me, shows the story of the birth of Christ. What Mary and Joseph must have been thinking. I love it when a song (or a book for that matter) can take me to a place where I can see it unfolding - I can picture myself in the scene. As I continue to post songs, some about the birth of Christ, others just traditional Christmas songs that I love, I ask that you would take the time to really listen to the lyrics. Close your eyes and imagine what it was like back then - Remember your favorite parts of Christmas - and celebrate the season, the reason and the fun of Christmas this year.

Just my thoughts - I hope you find a nugget in them somewhere and I'll add more tomorrow!