{"id":190,"date":"2007-12-12T22:31:42","date_gmt":"2007-12-12T22:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=190"},"modified":"2007-12-12T22:31:42","modified_gmt":"2007-12-12T22:31:42","slug":"the-christmas-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/12\/the-christmas-season\/","title":{"rendered":"The Christmas Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

I meant to write something deep, meaningful… profound even. But it really just isn’t in me at the moment.
\nI have a couple of drafts that will appear eventually. But they’ll be less relevant to my life at that time.<\/p>\n

Me and December do not get on.<\/p>\n

The Christmas<\/a> season<\/a> for the year has well and truly kicked off. I have sung a few songs, holiday and otherwise, at various times recently. I guess specifically the Christmas carols<\/a> I’ve sung have filled me with joy and hope. They usually do.<\/p>\n

The carols are like the greatest hits<\/a> of western music: only the best and most beautiful have passed the test of time, and when I sing them, I often think of the many, many generations of people who sang them before me.<\/p>\n

All of these songs share the same message of peace and joy.<\/p>\n

On a very long, dark, winter night, all of the people got a glimpse of a great light, which filled them with hope.<\/p>\n

Peace, heavenly peace, is the refrain and quite a good one at that.<\/p>\n

[some thoughts via Dan Wilson<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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