Sounds for the Many Moods of Christmas
I started listening to Christmas music a few days before Thanksgiving this year. Judge me, I don't care. I just couldn't wait. I like the same variety in my Christmas pieces as I do during the rest of the year. In our home, growing up, our record collection had a few albums featuring artists such as Perry Como and Bing Crosby, but the majority of our vinyl was Country. Later, Christmas cassettes and CDs by singers like Kathy Mattea and Randy Travis would be added. My heart can thrill as much to the majesty of Handel as to the life-worn sound of Merle Haggard. Country music, real country music, is a perfect genre for Christmas. We're struggling to find the right balance during Advent as we prepare our hearts for the birth of Christ while we do the necessary practical things which must be done. We're rejoicing over the birth of a baby, God became man,...