Christmas Time Is Here

NOTE: This post was originally only circulated to my email list. Because of the response I received from it, and because I didn't have this blog page back then, I am reprinting it by request: 

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The other day I bought one of my favorite Christmas songs 

"Christmas Time Is Here" By the Vince Guarldi Trio (from the Peanuts
Christmas special). 

I bought the original version online (the one with the kids singing).
I admire this song on so many levels. It's so brilliant in its
construction, and so beautiful to listen to. And yet, there is a
somberness to it, you can hear a tint of sadness. It's as if the kids
singing it are happy that its Christmas time but sad that it can't be
Christmas all the time. 

Released in 1965 (over 40 years ago) the TV special has Charlie Brown
as a lone voice in the woods de-crying the rampant commercialization
of Christmas. 

The song recalls a Christmas before mass communication. The song is
sung by children but the lyrics are written from an adult perspective
of someone looking back on a less frantic Christmas season.

CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE

Christmas time is here
Happiness and cheer
Fun for all that children call
Their favorite time of the year

Snowflakes in the air
Carols everywhere
Olden times and ancient rhymes
Of love and dreams to share

Sleigh bells in the air
Beauty everywhere
Yuletide by the fireside
And joyful memories there

Christmas time is here
We'll be drawing near
Oh, that we could always see
Such spirit through the year
Oh, that we could always see
Such spirit through the year...

Merry Christmas everyone! 

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A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack for $4.99