More Favorite Not Often Played Christmas Carols...

Today's Christmas carols come courtesy of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band...

I really debated about posting the third song since it really brings out the pain of children at Christmas time because of divorce. As this is my first year in this situation I realize that Christmas won't be the same for the kids and so I am posting it because it is always better to confront those feelings the kids must have and not let my own personal pride get in the way.

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First two are just good sing along songs...

"Colorado Christmas"
(S. Goodman)

Lookin' out the window of this Hollywood hotel
You'd never know that it was Christmas Eve
The billboards and the neon took the place of silver bells
And the temperature is eighty-four degrees
I can hear the traffic on the crowded strip below
As the palm trees poke their heads above the scene
But there's not a single reindeer and it hardly ever snows
And Santa drives a Rolls Royce limousine

But all along the Rockies you can feel it in the air
From Telluride to Boulder down below
The closest thing to Heaven on this planet anywhere
Is a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow

I remember Christmases when I was just a boy
In the morning I would run to see the tree
And the carolers on the hillside sang their songs of Christmas joy
Well, I always thought they sang them just for me
But now the sun is setting in the California sky
And I can't find the spirit anywhere
So I think it's time for me to tell Los Angeles goodbye
I'm going back home to look for Christmas there

But all along the Rockies you can feel it in the air
From Telluride to Boulder down below
The closest thing to Heaven on this planet anywhere
Is a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow

It's a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow

"Love Has Brought Him Here"
(B. Carpenter, T. Kell)

In the crowded streets of this desert town
I've heard the rumor going 'round
But it doesn't seem the time or place
For a Savior child to bring His grace
There's too much trouble, greed and tears
Who could greet Him, conscience clear?
And who among us would believe

Till the trumpets sound His song
That the promised one has come
Then a star came out and the cattle low
And the street turned bright with a manger's glow
I thought I heard the message clear
That love has brought Him here

Who are these people, peasant poor
Who sit inside the stable door
Where is the sense in such a choice
What have we waited for
Seems a King should have much more
Then the star turned bright and the mother smiled
At this gift of life her precious child
I saw right then the message clear
That love has brought Him here

Then the star came out and the cattle low
And the street shone bright with a manger's glow
And this old world will one day know
The love that's brought Him here
The love that's brought Him here
The love that's brought Him here

"One Christmas Tree"
(J. Hanna, J. Ibbotson)

The season is on us when all our dreams come true
And for a while the spirit of giving is renewed
And children wonder about the truth of things
That they say at church or hear the angels sing
Our kids have two trees, one at each of our homes
Yours with antique balls and mine with dime store globes
Their Christmas wish is as simple as it's clear
Let their parents pride and anger disappear

So this year at Yuletide, here's how we'll do it
We'll put up one Christmas tree
Then gather 'round it, sing hallelujah
Peace on earth and to our family

The kids swear they remember loving years before
When they heard the neighbors caroling at our door
And mom and dad were both snuggled in one chair
Watching wrapping paper flying everywhere

So this year at Yuletide, here's how we'll do it
We'll put up one Christmas tree
Then gather 'round it, sing hallelujah
Peace on earth and to our family
And to our family
Peace on earth to our family
Peace on earth and to our family