Deborah Woehr

Michael of Smoke & Mirrors II wrote a great post about a memory of checking up on his daughters on Christmas night. One of his readers, in turn, shared a link to a video of the song that Michael had heard that night. After watching it, I realized that Some Children See Him was one of my favorites.

My favorite Christmas song is O Holy Night. I’ve heard this song played by several different artists, but none has sung it as well as John Berry. This song was also my late father-in-law’s favorite. Every time I hear it, my mind takes me back to the time where my family and I sang it to him while he was lying in a hospital bed on Christmas Eve, suffering from the effects of a nasty stroke as well as pneumonia. He couldn’t talk, but he could mouth the words. Just being alive and able to be with his family for Christmas was all that mattered to him. The fact that he was still alive and able to “sing” with us was all that mattered that year and the next.

Michael was right when he said that Christmas is not about “the stuff.” It isn’t about “keeping up with the Joneses.” The heart and soul of Christmas is the love and kindness that you give to your family, friends, and strangers.