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I'll be home for Christmas
You can count on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents on the tree
Christmas Eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
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The Noble Fir
02:47
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Backing up the car to put a Noble Fir atop
Wrapped in rope and twine to keep the branches safe
After finding just the tree to fit our living room
Our noble friend lays down her life for our gathering place
Packing up the car to make our way back into town
Stacks of unwrapped presents fill the empty space
The row of children laying down to rest on our backseat
Laughter giving way to snores as music fades
Underneath a blanket carefully crocheted
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Do You Hear What I Hear?
03:02
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Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy
"Do you hear what I hear
Ringing through the sky shepherd boy
Do you hear what I hear
A song, a song
High above the trees
With a voice as big as the sea
With a voice as big as the sea"
Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king
"Do you know what I know
In your palace wall mighty king
Do you know what I know
A child, a child
Shivers in the cold
Let us bring him silver and gold
Let us bring him silver and gold"
The child, the child
Sleeping in the night
He will bring us goodness and light
He will bring us goodness and light
He will bring us goodness and light
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With a hey and a hee and a hoo-hoo
With a hee and a hoo and a hah-hah
With a hoo and a hah and a hee-hee
I'm the happiest Christmas tree
Hoo-hoo-hoo, hee-hee-hee
Someone came and they found me
And took me home with them
Oh, I'm the happiest Christmas tree
Hoo-hoo-hoo, hee-hee-hee
Look how pretty they dressed me
Oh, lucky, lucky me
I got shiny bells that jingle
And tiny lights that tingle
Whenever anyone passes by
I blink my lights and I wink my eye
Oh, I'm the happiest Christmas tree
Christmas day, wait and see
I'll be laughing happily
With a hoo-hoo-hoo-hee-hee
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Old Toy Trains
02:34
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Old toy trains, little toy tracks
Little boy toys coming from a sack
Carried by a man dressed in white and red
Little boy don't you think it's time you where in bed?
Close your eyes, listen to the skies
All is calm, all is well
Soon you'll hear Kris Kringle and the jingle bells
Bringing old toy trains, little toy tracks
Little boy toys, coming form a sack
Carried by a man dressed in white and red
Little boy don't you think it's time you where in bed?
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Silent Morn
03:30
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Tread softly down the stairs as I
Try not to wake the babes
Deep breath in the silence but I’m
Still worried about the day
The tree and all of its baubles
Soft glow pushing back the dark
I settle myself in the shadows
They’re also in my heart
Treats to bake and the wreaths, they can wait
Treasures to buy, cards to write
For neighbours and friends, I should really get ahead
I’ll wait here instead for the light
All is calm, All is quiet, and then
A still small voice
God with us, Amen! Amen!
Inwardly I rejoice
Silent Morn, Holy Morn
Come, Long Expected Jesus
Silent Morn, Holy Morn
Emmanuel, God with us
Your Spirit hangs heavy and sweet
Your voice, whispers life
Enliven and radiate
Brighter than these Christmas lights
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Kling, Glöckchen, klingelingeling, kling, Glöckchen, kling
Laßt mich ein, ihr Kinder, ist so kalt der Winter
Öffnet mir die Türen, laßt mich nicht erfrieren
Kling, Glöckchen, klingelingeling, kling, Glöckchen, kling
Kling, Glöckchen, klingelingeling, kling, Glöckchen, kling!
Mädchen, hört, und Bübchen, macht mir auf das Stübchen
Bring euch viele Gaben, sollt euch dran erlaben
Kling, Glöckchen, klingelingeling, kling, Glöckchen, kling
Kling, Glöckchen, klingelingeling, kling, Glöckchen, kling
Hell erglühn die Kerzen, öffnet mir die Herzen
Will drin wohnen fröhlich, frommes Kind, wie selig
Kling, Glöckchen, klingelingeling, kling, Glöckchen, kling
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What on earth shall I take thee? How bad I am at baking
What good are treats for making when I'll eat them on my way?
Why shant I simply bring you what I feel that I should cling to?
Who cares if I'll agree to when I'll throw them all away?
I pick and choose my morals singing Bach and Handel chorals
Keeping what I feel is best and like torn paper burn the rest
Traditions of the heathens, mindlessly hanging my wreath and
Pagan bells upon a tree while singing songs to baby Jesus
I check my shipping waybill for the mini plastic stable
For my second coffee table in the corner in the dark
The calendar is flipping, plastic snowman clock is ticking
Stacking circled flyer clippings while we worship two-day shipping
We sing of Light and Life but live on time and online
Buying crap from Indonesia as a moral anesthesia
The to: and from: are printed in pencil, not in pen
So that they can be re-gifted after this year's giving ends
It could be worth a mention that perhaps misapprehension
Might be stealing our attention like a shiny question mark
Why shant I simply bring you what I feel that I should cling to?
Who cares if I agree to when I throw them all away?
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It Feels Like Christmas
02:38
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It's in the singing of a street corner choir
It's going home and getting warm by the fire
It's true, wherever you find love it feels like Christmas
A cup of kindness that we share with another
A sweet reunion with a friend or a brother
In all the places you find love it feels like Christmas
It is the season of the heart
A special time of caring
The ways of love made clear
It is the season of the spirit
The message if we hear it
Is make it last all year
It's in the giving of a gift to another
A pair of mittens that were made by your mother
It's all the ways that we show love that feel like Christmas
A part of childhood we'll always remember
It is the summer of the soul in December
Yes, when you do your best for love it feels like Christmas
It is the season of the heart
A special time of caring
The ways of love made clear
It is the season of the spirit
The message if we hear it
Is make it last all year
It's in the singing of a street corner choir
It's going home and getting warm by the fire
It's true, wherever you find love it feels like Christmas
It's true, wherever you find love it feels like Christmas
It's true, wherever you find love it feels like Christmas
It feels like Christmas
It feels like Christmas
It feels like Christmas
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Born thy people to deliver, born a child and yet a King
Born to reign in us forever, now thy gracious kingdom bring
By thine own eternal spirit, rule in all our hearts alone
By thine all sufficient merit, raise us to thy glorious throne
Come to earth to taste our sadness, he whose glories knew no end
By his life he brings us gladness, our redeemer, shepherd, friend
Leaving riches without number, born within a cattle stall
This the everlasting wonder, Christ was born the Lord of all
Come, thou long expected Jesus, born to set thy people free
From our fears and sins release us, let us find our rest in thee
Israel's strength and consolation, hope of all the earth thou art
Dear desire of every nation, joy of every longing...
Joy of every longing heart
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Christmas at the Cabin
03:43
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Waiting for Nathan to lace up his boots
Skating on spray painted lakes made of wood
Fighting with Jake as we play in the sun
White has gone grey as the day is done
A-frame filled with film memories we took
Floral curtains and brown carpet adorn this scrapbook
Tasting stale marshmallows melting away
Mug on the rust coloured cupboard buffet
Picking the slivers from my woolen socks
We talk and we talk as we sip chocolate hot
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Forest Creatures Vancouver, British Columbia
Forest Creatures is Alissa Chojnacki, Cailey Morgan, and Jordaniel Bennett - an eclectic trio of siblings and friends making lo-fi folksy music with their friends.
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