1 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,559 S1: Does it feel like Christmas to you? And what does 2 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:12,200 S1: that mean? It feels like Christmas. What are the Christmas 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,520 S1: feels today at the radio backyard fence, a Yuletide conversation. Oh, 4 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:18,040 S1: this is going to be fun. It's just you and 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,320 S1: me at the back fence today, and I want you 6 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:25,200 S1: to finish this sentence. It feels like Christmas when blank. 7 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:30,200 S1: It feels like Christmas when you fill in the blank. 8 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,000 S1: Or you can flip that around. It doesn't feel like 9 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,879 S1: Christmas until blank. I want to hear your answer to 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,239 S1: that simple question. And sometimes it's the simple questions that 11 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:42,000 S1: lead us to some good places of the heart, places 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,599 S1: that might take us on some unexpected avenues. But it 13 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:47,400 S1: all depends on you, friend. That's why I have the 14 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:54,440 S1: phone number for you. (877) 548-3675. You can answer on Facebook 15 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,520 S1: if you'd like to do that. But I want to 16 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:02,880 S1: hear your voice. Call me. Let's talk. Eight. Seven. (877) 548-3675. 17 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,319 S1: It feels like Christmas when blank. That's my plan. I'm 18 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,880 S1: sticking to it. We begin with a thank you, Ryan 19 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,039 S1: McConaughey doing all things technical. Tricia is our producer, but 20 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,480 S1: not feeling well today, so Lisa is in the chair. 21 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,679 S1: Josh is going to answer your calls. Tell Josh Merry 22 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,360 S1: Christmas when you dial us today. And since it's Friday. 23 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,880 S1: That's right. It is time for. Hang on a second. 24 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,919 S1: There it is. And you know what? This. This theme 25 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,240 S1: has a little Christmas spirit in it, doesn't it? Here's 26 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,800 S1: what it does. We oxygenate your blood, we get your 27 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,920 S1: endorphins going. Three, we raise your serotonin level. Four, we 28 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:42,720 S1: promote lymphatic drainage. And five, we stimulate your parasympathetic system. 29 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,319 S1: That's why we call it the five lung languages. We 30 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:49,280 S1: also stimulate your vagus nerve. We help you release acetylcholine. 31 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,080 S1: And don't you dare forget what it does to cortisol dissipation. 32 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,880 S1: Take in four seconds of air through your nose, hold 33 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,610 S1: it for seconds, and then as you get rid, Release 34 00:01:58,610 --> 00:02:03,010 S1: that I've. I'm flustered. Ryan, because I saw your face. Uh, 35 00:02:03,050 --> 00:02:05,730 S1: get rid of all that bad carbon dioxide today. It's 36 00:02:05,730 --> 00:02:09,410 S1: a it's not Christmas until blank side. It doesn't feel 37 00:02:09,410 --> 00:02:12,530 S1: like Christmas until I put on those thick, warm pajamas. 38 00:02:12,850 --> 00:02:15,049 S1: It feels like Christmas when we put some logs in 39 00:02:15,050 --> 00:02:18,010 S1: the fireplace or bundle up with mittens and heavy coats. 40 00:02:18,169 --> 00:02:20,650 S1: It doesn't feel like Christmas until you catch the aroma 41 00:02:20,650 --> 00:02:23,329 S1: of those brownies baking, or the peanut butter bowls or 42 00:02:23,330 --> 00:02:27,130 S1: some other delectable treat. Doesn't feel like Christmas until you 43 00:02:27,130 --> 00:02:29,530 S1: get the ornaments in the yard or the tree up, 44 00:02:29,530 --> 00:02:31,930 S1: or lights on the edge of the gutter or that 45 00:02:31,930 --> 00:02:35,450 S1: long ladder. Oh, be careful that ladder. The fabulous Baby 46 00:02:35,450 --> 00:02:39,930 S1: Friday sight brought to you by all things Christmas. Void 47 00:02:39,930 --> 00:02:45,650 S1: where prohibited. This conversation is, I think, and I've been 48 00:02:45,650 --> 00:02:47,690 S1: thinking about this ever since Tricia and I were talking 49 00:02:47,690 --> 00:02:50,250 S1: about this. I really want to do this program about, 50 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:54,850 S1: you know, it's not Christmas. It doesn't feel like Christmas until, um. 51 00:02:55,290 --> 00:02:58,250 S1: I think it's about memory. I think about childhood in 52 00:02:58,290 --> 00:03:03,130 S1: a lot of ways, and it's all sense related because 53 00:03:03,130 --> 00:03:06,169 S1: of all the answers that I have for this. Um, 54 00:03:06,530 --> 00:03:08,690 S1: all of them have to do with what I just 55 00:03:08,690 --> 00:03:11,450 S1: talked about the sights, the sounds, the taste, the aroma, 56 00:03:11,450 --> 00:03:14,970 S1: the weather, you know, the feel of Christmas. I'll talk 57 00:03:14,970 --> 00:03:18,450 S1: about that a little later on, because we moved from 58 00:03:18,650 --> 00:03:20,810 S1: I grew up in West Virginia, moved to Chicago, moved 59 00:03:20,810 --> 00:03:23,290 S1: to Colorado. And you know what? All three of those 60 00:03:23,290 --> 00:03:26,810 S1: places have at Christmas time. And then we moved to Arizona, 61 00:03:27,330 --> 00:03:31,810 S1: and it doesn't feel like Christmas yesterday almost got up 62 00:03:31,810 --> 00:03:36,810 S1: to 80 degrees. That's not Christmas, but I want to 63 00:03:36,810 --> 00:03:40,050 S1: see what you have to share. It feels like Christmas 64 00:03:40,050 --> 00:03:45,290 S1: when blank. So is that a is that an aroma? 65 00:03:45,290 --> 00:03:47,890 S1: Is that a sight? Is that a sound? What. It 66 00:03:47,930 --> 00:03:52,930 S1: doesn't feel like Christmas until blank answer either of those 67 00:03:52,930 --> 00:03:57,090 S1: questions or something else. Go over the river and through 68 00:03:57,090 --> 00:04:06,490 S1: the woods if you'd like. Eight. Seven seven. Five four. 836758775483675. 69 00:04:06,530 --> 00:04:09,610 S1: We're going to start with my pal Larry from South Carolina. 70 00:04:09,650 --> 00:04:14,410 S1: Larry Shackley is a composer, church musician, a grandfather of 71 00:04:14,410 --> 00:04:17,570 S1: seven who worked as a composer and editor for the 72 00:04:17,570 --> 00:04:21,130 S1: Lorenz Corporation. We worked together at Moody Radio for a 73 00:04:21,250 --> 00:04:24,290 S1: lot of years. Larry, when I welcomed the program. How 74 00:04:24,330 --> 00:04:25,210 S1: are you doing today? 75 00:04:26,089 --> 00:04:28,370 S2: I'm doing well, Chris. I almost thought I was on 76 00:04:28,370 --> 00:04:31,169 S2: the match game. Remember they used to say it, it 77 00:04:31,210 --> 00:04:34,450 S2: doesn't feel until Christmas like Christmas until blank. And then 78 00:04:34,650 --> 00:04:37,690 S2: Charles Nelson Reilly would have an answer and Richard Dawson 79 00:04:37,690 --> 00:04:40,170 S2: would have an answer. Yeah. So I'm going to pretend 80 00:04:40,210 --> 00:04:41,370 S2: Gene Rayburn with you. 81 00:04:41,410 --> 00:04:44,050 S1: I get to be Gene Rayburn for you, right? 82 00:04:44,490 --> 00:04:45,010 S2: Yeah. 83 00:04:45,370 --> 00:04:49,089 S1: Okay. So you're bringing already you're bringing back memories because 84 00:04:49,089 --> 00:04:51,010 S1: it doesn't feel like Christmas when I was a kid. 85 00:04:51,010 --> 00:04:54,980 S1: It doesn't feel like Christmas until Charlie Brown came on TV, 86 00:04:55,020 --> 00:04:57,820 S1: you know. That was it. That was a signal. It's there. 87 00:04:58,100 --> 00:05:00,860 S1: So for you, it doesn't feel like it feels like 88 00:05:00,860 --> 00:05:04,140 S1: Christmas when blank. What's your answer? 89 00:05:04,820 --> 00:05:10,700 S2: My answer, Chris, is mostly music related because from my 90 00:05:10,700 --> 00:05:15,779 S2: very earliest years, Christmas music was something that kind of 91 00:05:15,820 --> 00:05:18,180 S2: triggered the season for me. I'm sure there were other things, 92 00:05:18,180 --> 00:05:21,820 S2: like my parents putting up the tree and my mom 93 00:05:21,820 --> 00:05:25,220 S2: putting glass wax ornaments on the windows. Old people will 94 00:05:25,220 --> 00:05:30,220 S2: remember that. Um, but I still remember one of the things. 95 00:05:30,620 --> 00:05:33,100 S2: My dad had a record player, and he had this 96 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:39,260 S2: big 12 inch, 78 rpm record of the Hallelujah chorus, 97 00:05:40,220 --> 00:05:43,099 S2: and my mom says that I would stand in front 98 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:50,580 S2: of the record player and sing Hannah Nuna. Hannah Nuna. Um, 99 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:53,780 S2: and they had other Christmas albums. The other one that 100 00:05:53,779 --> 00:05:56,740 S2: sticks in my mind was an album that was called 101 00:05:56,740 --> 00:06:00,140 S2: The Christmas Spirit, and it was a little ten inch. See, 102 00:06:00,140 --> 00:06:02,740 S2: I'm going through all the old fashioned media here an 103 00:06:02,740 --> 00:06:07,260 S2: old ten inch LP of the Alfred Burt Christmas carols, 104 00:06:07,660 --> 00:06:12,420 S2: and those Christmas carols like caroling, caroling. Some children see him. 105 00:06:12,460 --> 00:06:20,419 S2: The star Carol. Uh, those to me are, you know, 106 00:06:20,620 --> 00:06:23,060 S2: that's an essential part of Christmas. And I used to 107 00:06:23,060 --> 00:06:25,900 S2: listen to that. And, you know, whatever other. I grew 108 00:06:25,900 --> 00:06:28,540 S2: up in my dad's record collection. So whatever he had, 109 00:06:28,900 --> 00:06:33,700 S2: those were my favorite records, you know? Right. Uh, and so, um, 110 00:06:33,820 --> 00:06:36,339 S2: as I grew older, then I started, you know, getting 111 00:06:36,339 --> 00:06:41,060 S2: my own Christmas records. And, uh, in high school, I 112 00:06:41,060 --> 00:06:44,380 S2: got one by Paul Mauriat. Remember the song Love Is 113 00:06:44,380 --> 00:06:47,900 S2: Blue from the 60s? Only old people will remember. It 114 00:06:47,900 --> 00:06:50,140 S2: was an instrumental, but I saw that. Oh, he has 115 00:06:50,140 --> 00:06:54,140 S2: a Christmas album. Just a gorgeous Christmas album by this 116 00:06:54,140 --> 00:06:58,300 S2: French conductor. And, um, to me, like that was in 117 00:06:58,300 --> 00:07:00,140 S2: high school. And I remember going to the record store 118 00:07:00,140 --> 00:07:03,700 S2: in Oak Park and it was snowing and I bought 119 00:07:03,700 --> 00:07:07,620 S2: a Christmas record. And when I listened to that, still, 120 00:07:07,620 --> 00:07:10,260 S2: it's on YouTube. I can listen to it there. It 121 00:07:10,260 --> 00:07:13,340 S2: just brings back all the memories of my my high 122 00:07:13,340 --> 00:07:17,820 S2: school friends, my church group, my parents, my sister, my 123 00:07:17,860 --> 00:07:21,460 S2: girlfriend at the time. I won't tell my wife that, but, uh, 124 00:07:22,420 --> 00:07:25,220 S2: but you know it. You know, you hear a thing, 125 00:07:25,220 --> 00:07:27,740 S2: and it just takes you back to the moment that 126 00:07:27,740 --> 00:07:30,620 S2: you first heard it. I know everybody goes through that 127 00:07:30,620 --> 00:07:33,620 S2: with a favorite song or whatever. And so, uh, so 128 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:37,020 S2: over the years, I've just, I love the old fashioned 129 00:07:37,500 --> 00:07:43,500 S2: Christmas albums that are mostly orchestral, like there's the Philadelphia Orchestra, 130 00:07:43,780 --> 00:07:50,350 S2: Andre Kostelanetz, Percy Faith, Ray Conniff, Henry Mancini. Um, They 131 00:07:50,350 --> 00:07:55,670 S2: all made really nice albums with instrumental music and mostly sacred. 132 00:07:55,710 --> 00:07:58,110 S2: You know, at least some of them had the had 133 00:07:58,110 --> 00:08:01,070 S2: the decency to put all the silly Christmas songs on 134 00:08:01,070 --> 00:08:03,630 S2: one side and the real Christmas songs on the other side. 135 00:08:04,310 --> 00:08:06,950 S1: Yes, I agree with you, but, you know, there's something 136 00:08:06,950 --> 00:08:10,030 S1: about when I walk into either a big box store 137 00:08:10,070 --> 00:08:13,870 S1: or a grocery store and they're playing music. There's something about, 138 00:08:13,910 --> 00:08:18,429 S1: I'll hear the very first 3 or 4 seconds of 139 00:08:18,430 --> 00:08:23,110 S1: White Christmas, Bing Crosby and and it's like, boom! It's 140 00:08:23,110 --> 00:08:27,429 S1: exactly what you just said. I'm right back as a child, uh, 141 00:08:27,590 --> 00:08:30,030 S1: in in the home of my parents with the radio 142 00:08:30,030 --> 00:08:32,189 S1: on and the speakers that were in the wall, and 143 00:08:32,190 --> 00:08:34,750 S1: we thought, you know, we were state of the art 144 00:08:34,750 --> 00:08:38,309 S1: back then. Yeah. But that just that feel of that 145 00:08:38,309 --> 00:08:42,390 S1: orchestra and those sounds and the bells and the tinkling 146 00:08:42,429 --> 00:08:46,870 S1: of the bells and all of that, it's really something 147 00:08:46,870 --> 00:08:48,670 S1: what the mind does, isn't it? 148 00:08:49,150 --> 00:08:55,030 S2: Yeah. Someone on Facebook posted a video today of Christmas 149 00:08:55,030 --> 00:08:59,190 S2: in Chicago, 1960. I would have been four years old then, 150 00:08:59,350 --> 00:09:01,950 S2: and it was just about 3.5 minutes of black and 151 00:09:01,950 --> 00:09:05,949 S2: white film, but was all people shopping on State Street, 152 00:09:06,510 --> 00:09:08,990 S2: and they, as you were saying about Bing Crosby, they 153 00:09:08,990 --> 00:09:13,910 S2: were playing underneath this Perry Como singing Chestnuts Roasting on 154 00:09:13,910 --> 00:09:16,390 S2: an Open Fire, which is a song I've kind of 155 00:09:16,429 --> 00:09:18,550 S2: gotten tired of, but it was nice to hear Perry 156 00:09:18,590 --> 00:09:21,590 S2: singing it again, and just to look at these people 157 00:09:21,590 --> 00:09:24,110 S2: and thinking, I could have been there. That could be 158 00:09:24,110 --> 00:09:27,309 S2: my mom. That could be me and my sister all 159 00:09:27,309 --> 00:09:31,470 S2: bundled up with the crummy, you know, dirty snow by 160 00:09:31,470 --> 00:09:34,790 S2: the edge of the street and, and the CTA buses 161 00:09:34,790 --> 00:09:38,710 S2: going by and, and the displays in the window. You know, 162 00:09:38,750 --> 00:09:42,829 S2: that that combination of the visual of what Christmas is 163 00:09:42,830 --> 00:09:44,110 S2: like when I was four. 164 00:09:44,550 --> 00:09:46,630 S1: Okay, tell me one more thing. You told me before 165 00:09:46,630 --> 00:09:51,350 S1: we went on here that your dad recorded the family singing. 166 00:09:51,350 --> 00:09:52,550 S1: What was that? That you sang? 167 00:09:52,590 --> 00:09:55,829 S2: Well, my my dad, uh, sometime in the late 50s, 168 00:09:55,870 --> 00:09:59,430 S2: he bought a reel to reel tape recorder. I'm not 169 00:09:59,429 --> 00:10:03,550 S2: really sure why. Um, I think he he was recording 170 00:10:03,550 --> 00:10:06,230 S2: Sunday school classes or something like that, but he also 171 00:10:06,230 --> 00:10:11,470 S2: used them to record, uh, family things, and we only 172 00:10:11,470 --> 00:10:15,190 S2: had a few tapes, and I digitized them. But, you know, 173 00:10:15,230 --> 00:10:17,110 S2: he would just, like, we went to the Museum of 174 00:10:17,110 --> 00:10:20,069 S2: Science and Industry to see the Christmas display. And when 175 00:10:20,070 --> 00:10:23,630 S2: we got home, dad recorded me and my sister talking 176 00:10:23,630 --> 00:10:26,070 S2: about what we saw at the museum. We love listening 177 00:10:26,110 --> 00:10:28,670 S2: to that, you know? But at one, there was at 178 00:10:28,710 --> 00:10:32,150 S2: least one Christmas. It was either 59 or 60, where 179 00:10:32,150 --> 00:10:34,910 S2: my dad kind of did a hidden microphone thing where 180 00:10:34,910 --> 00:10:39,510 S2: he had the tape recorder on through our family's Christmas party. 181 00:10:39,590 --> 00:10:42,910 S2: All the cousins came over to our apartment, and, uh, 182 00:10:42,910 --> 00:10:44,709 S2: we were opening presents and stuff. And then there was 183 00:10:44,710 --> 00:10:49,320 S2: a little segment where all the younger cousins got to sing. Uh, 184 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,120 S2: a song from, you know, whatever they were singing in 185 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,240 S2: Sunday school. And so I had a recording of myself 186 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:59,040 S2: singing the song called The Friendly Beasts. You know, I said, 187 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,199 S2: the cow all white and red. I gave him my 188 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,960 S2: hay to pillow his head. And so, yeah, that was 189 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:08,920 S2: my big recording debut, was, uh, was doing that. And 190 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,720 S2: so those memories, just hearing the voices of my parents 191 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,480 S2: and my uncles and aunts and my cousins when they 192 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:19,840 S2: were little, um, that just brings back a whole ton of, 193 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,200 S2: a whole ton of memories. 194 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,600 S1: That was before the Sugar Creek gang when you. 195 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:24,560 S2: Oh, that was way before. 196 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:28,559 S1: The sugar thing. Yeah. Okay, Larry, you've you've already done it. 197 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:32,480 S1: You've started the ball rolling down the hill. And it's when, uh, 198 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,720 S1: it feels like Christmas when I hear that Christmas music 199 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,920 S1: or when that comes back to me. So thank you 200 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,920 S1: for starting us off. That's the question I have for you. 201 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:45,800 S1: It feels like Christmas. Christmas when or it doesn't feel 202 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:52,520 S1: like Christmas until blank. Fill in the blank for me. (877) 548-3675. 203 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:53,760 S1: We're going to have a lot of fun at the 204 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,560 S1: back fence today, and it will happen when you give 205 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:14,439 S1: us a call. (877) 548-3675. It feels like Christmas when blank 206 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:20,600 S1: you fill in the blank today. (877) 548-3675. There's somebody listening 207 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,720 S1: who's never called. And you've you've said are going to 208 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:25,960 S1: call one day. I'll call. This is it. This is 209 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,080 S1: your chance. Fill in the blank. It feels like Christmas. 210 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:35,840 S1: And because there's no wrong answer here. (877) 548-3675. Adam is 211 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,240 S1: in West Palm Beach, Florida. And Adam, my guess is 212 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,840 S1: that there's not a whole lot of snow outside your window. 213 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:43,760 S1: So you're not going to say snow, right? 214 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,079 S3: Hey, Chris, I missed the first part of that, but. Yes, um, 215 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,760 S3: I'm in West Palm Beach, Florida. It is warm 80 216 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:51,680 S3: degrees right now. 217 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:57,040 S1: Does it does it feel like Christmas? But but the 218 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,280 S1: people probably decorate just like they do up north where 219 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,760 S1: there's a lot of snow, right? 220 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,480 S3: That's right, that's right. We always do what we can 221 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,680 S3: to try to make it feel more like Christmas here 222 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:08,280 S3: in Florida. 223 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,400 S1: Feel there it is. Feel like Christmas. Okay, so how 224 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:12,720 S1: do you fill in that blank? 225 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:19,240 S3: Um, I would say watching Christmas movies with my mother. Uh, 226 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,680 S3: ever since I was growing up, she always put on 227 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:26,360 S3: older Christmas movies from the 40s and up and sitting 228 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,880 S3: down with her and and spending that special time, um, 229 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,520 S3: because we both enjoy them, sometimes doing a puzzle, eating something, 230 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:37,640 S3: some snacks, but turning the AC down real low and 231 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:43,090 S3: and watching those Christmas movies, the classics, new ones. Um, 232 00:13:43,130 --> 00:13:45,050 S3: really helps it feel like Christmas for me, and I've 233 00:13:45,050 --> 00:13:46,930 S3: been trying to do that this year as well. 234 00:13:47,809 --> 00:13:51,050 S1: Uh, okay. So do you have any favorites that I'm 235 00:13:51,090 --> 00:13:54,329 S1: thinking of? It's a Wonderful Life that's probably in there, right? 236 00:13:54,970 --> 00:13:58,329 S3: That is definitely in there. Yeah, I love that one. Um, 237 00:13:58,330 --> 00:14:00,490 S3: White Christmas and Holiday Inn are two of the ones 238 00:14:00,490 --> 00:14:03,530 S3: we really watch a lot, but there's one I don't 239 00:14:03,530 --> 00:14:06,130 S3: know if you've heard of it called Christmas in Connecticut, 240 00:14:06,530 --> 00:14:10,610 S3: and I've enjoyed that one the last few years. Um, 241 00:14:10,610 --> 00:14:13,450 S3: more so she said her mother and her father saw 242 00:14:13,450 --> 00:14:17,209 S3: that when they were newly married or dating. So. And 243 00:14:17,210 --> 00:14:19,450 S3: they're both passed away. So it's a special one for me. 244 00:14:19,890 --> 00:14:22,690 S1: See? That's it. There's. And you know, I talk about 245 00:14:22,690 --> 00:14:26,010 S1: singing hymns that that our parents sang and our grandparents 246 00:14:26,010 --> 00:14:29,130 S1: sang and, you know, go back these, these films. The 247 00:14:29,130 --> 00:14:31,810 S1: film is, is hasn't been around as long as, uh, 248 00:14:31,850 --> 00:14:35,810 S1: hymnody films have the same thing. Your parents watched this 249 00:14:35,810 --> 00:14:38,210 S1: when they were. I can remember my father in law 250 00:14:38,250 --> 00:14:42,090 S1: talking about the movie he saw on that Sunday when 251 00:14:42,090 --> 00:14:44,730 S1: Pearl Harbor happened, you know, and coming out of the 252 00:14:44,730 --> 00:14:48,930 S1: movie theater and, and just having that sense memory of 253 00:14:49,370 --> 00:14:51,650 S1: they had just watched that and then everything, you know, 254 00:14:51,690 --> 00:14:55,890 S1: the world had changed. So your your mother is still living, right? 255 00:14:56,450 --> 00:15:00,250 S3: Yes. Both my mother and father still still married, still 256 00:15:00,250 --> 00:15:03,370 S3: together and, uh, and both still living, thank God. 257 00:15:03,650 --> 00:15:06,330 S1: Excellent. And and nearby. You're going to go over to 258 00:15:06,330 --> 00:15:08,090 S1: their house again this year? 259 00:15:09,010 --> 00:15:10,690 S3: Yes. I live in the same town. 260 00:15:11,050 --> 00:15:12,610 S1: Okay. So God bless. 261 00:15:12,610 --> 00:15:15,210 S3: You. I've been visiting her this last few weeks. I've 262 00:15:15,210 --> 00:15:18,130 S3: been trying to make time to spend to come over. 263 00:15:18,170 --> 00:15:21,770 S3: Usually I'm busy in the evenings, but, um, I mark 264 00:15:21,770 --> 00:15:23,490 S3: some time out and I want to do a few 265 00:15:23,490 --> 00:15:26,450 S3: more nights hanging out with her and even my dad too. 266 00:15:26,490 --> 00:15:29,850 S3: But he doesn't like the movies as much. But yeah, 267 00:15:30,050 --> 00:15:31,090 S3: spending time with them. 268 00:15:31,450 --> 00:15:34,290 S1: Okay, there's a maybe the five Love Languages will get 269 00:15:34,290 --> 00:15:38,450 S1: in here too, because there's quality time watching a film 270 00:15:38,730 --> 00:15:42,010 S1: and having snacks. You know there's that there as well. Adam, 271 00:15:42,010 --> 00:15:44,610 S1: God bless you. Thank you for calling in here today. 272 00:15:44,770 --> 00:15:46,890 S1: What is it? How would you fill in that blank? 273 00:15:46,930 --> 00:15:53,290 S1: It feels like Christmas when? 8775483. Six. Seven. Five. Here's 274 00:15:53,290 --> 00:15:56,570 S1: Bonnie in Cleveland, Ohio. Hi, Bonnie. Go right ahead. 275 00:15:57,130 --> 00:16:00,970 S4: Hello? Yes. Um, Christmas starts for me when I take 276 00:16:00,970 --> 00:16:04,530 S4: out our nativity scene and place it in a prominent 277 00:16:04,530 --> 00:16:07,890 S4: place in the living room. It's special for two reasons. 278 00:16:08,210 --> 00:16:11,890 S4: Of course. Christmas, when Jesus took on flesh. I mean, 279 00:16:11,890 --> 00:16:14,810 S4: just the thought of that God taking on flesh and 280 00:16:15,210 --> 00:16:19,730 S4: pain and all that he endured here, um, is is 281 00:16:19,730 --> 00:16:24,690 S4: monumental and can't be. It can't be equalled. And, um, 282 00:16:24,690 --> 00:16:27,850 S4: so that's the most precious. But also, this is my 283 00:16:27,850 --> 00:16:32,650 S4: grandparent's nativity scene, which went down to my father. Now 284 00:16:32,650 --> 00:16:35,570 S4: I'm a grandmother, so it is. At least we figured 285 00:16:35,570 --> 00:16:37,930 S4: out it's at least a hundred years old. Wow. And 286 00:16:38,060 --> 00:16:43,060 S4: so the, um, the tradition of of of passing it 287 00:16:43,060 --> 00:16:47,900 S4: down and also the story and, and Jesus, Lord and Savior, 288 00:16:48,180 --> 00:16:51,700 S4: everything wrapped up in one big, beautiful present that God 289 00:16:51,700 --> 00:16:54,420 S4: gave to us, that we share with our family and 290 00:16:54,420 --> 00:16:56,100 S4: pass down to generations. 291 00:16:56,620 --> 00:17:00,300 S1: Can you describe what that nativity scene looks like? Is 292 00:17:00,300 --> 00:17:02,540 S1: it is it made out of wood? Is it made 293 00:17:02,540 --> 00:17:03,540 S1: out of pewter? 294 00:17:04,060 --> 00:17:09,540 S4: Right. It's so the, um, it's it's wooden. Um, maybe 295 00:17:09,540 --> 00:17:13,619 S4: about like, uh, maybe a not quite a foot tall 296 00:17:13,619 --> 00:17:14,979 S4: and a foot and a half wide, or maybe not 297 00:17:15,020 --> 00:17:19,060 S4: quite that big. Um, and it's all wood. And the 298 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:23,020 S4: all of the figures on it are of a white something, 299 00:17:23,020 --> 00:17:26,740 S4: maybe plaster, but it is. It is shined with a 300 00:17:26,780 --> 00:17:30,660 S4: gold with something. I don't know how it was made, but, um, 301 00:17:30,859 --> 00:17:34,619 S4: it definitely looks it doesn't look brand new, but it 302 00:17:34,619 --> 00:17:37,859 S4: doesn't look old, worn out. It is more of a 303 00:17:37,859 --> 00:17:42,500 S4: timeless look to it, and it's beautiful and I love it. 304 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:46,620 S1: And that's again, there's something that's passed down from one 305 00:17:46,619 --> 00:17:49,379 S1: generation to the next to the next. And if you 306 00:17:49,420 --> 00:17:51,980 S1: went to the Antiques Roadshow, they probably would tell you, 307 00:17:52,020 --> 00:17:54,500 S1: you know, how much it would cost, how much it 308 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:56,900 S1: would be worth. But it's worth so much to you 309 00:17:56,900 --> 00:18:00,060 S1: because of the memories that that all it, all of 310 00:18:00,060 --> 00:18:01,340 S1: it carries. Right? 311 00:18:01,740 --> 00:18:08,020 S4: Exactly, exactly. On so many levels. Family. Jesus. You know, 312 00:18:08,180 --> 00:18:11,219 S4: the whole the whole picture is so precious. And it 313 00:18:11,260 --> 00:18:14,340 S4: sets the mood. And, um, it's the first thing that 314 00:18:14,340 --> 00:18:16,659 S4: gets turned on when it gets dark. And it's the 315 00:18:16,660 --> 00:18:20,219 S4: last thing that gets turned off when I close up everything. So, uh, 316 00:18:20,260 --> 00:18:22,939 S4: and that's the star above it that I have shining 317 00:18:22,940 --> 00:18:23,420 S4: on it. 318 00:18:23,859 --> 00:18:24,780 S5: So which is. 319 00:18:24,820 --> 00:18:28,780 S1: All a reminder of why we celebrate in the first place. 320 00:18:28,780 --> 00:18:30,939 S1: And that's one of the questions I wanted to delve 321 00:18:30,940 --> 00:18:34,380 S1: into here today was the, you know, when it feels 322 00:18:34,380 --> 00:18:38,980 S1: like Christmas, How much of it feeling like Christmas is 323 00:18:38,980 --> 00:18:43,699 S1: more the commercial or the. The memory, the music that 324 00:18:43,740 --> 00:18:46,580 S1: that we have, that it's just kind of going into 325 00:18:46,580 --> 00:18:49,820 S1: the childhood and how much of it is to the 326 00:18:49,859 --> 00:18:58,220 S1: purpose of the celebration. So you've helped us out, Bonnie. Um. (877) 548-3675. 327 00:18:58,260 --> 00:19:00,939 S1: There's somebody who needs to share a story. And Rhonda 328 00:19:00,940 --> 00:19:04,060 S1: is in Florida as well. Hey, Rhonda. Go right ahead. 329 00:19:04,940 --> 00:19:08,580 S6: Hi. Um, I'm from Indiana, but I've lived in Florida for, like, 330 00:19:08,619 --> 00:19:13,620 S6: over 40 years now. So, um, when I think of Christmas, 331 00:19:13,619 --> 00:19:17,660 S6: I smell the orange blossoms. It's not so prevalent anymore, 332 00:19:17,660 --> 00:19:19,939 S6: but I still have two orange trees in my backyard, 333 00:19:19,940 --> 00:19:21,619 S6: so I still get to smell them. 334 00:19:21,940 --> 00:19:25,500 S1: Okay, wait a minute. Now, describe what is an orange blossom? 335 00:19:25,619 --> 00:19:33,420 S1: Can you describe that smell? That aroma? And I don't 336 00:19:33,420 --> 00:19:36,310 S1: hear Rhonda anymore. We're not going to hear any more 337 00:19:36,310 --> 00:19:40,750 S1: about the orange Blossom special. Okay, let's try it again. Okay, Rhonda. 338 00:19:40,910 --> 00:19:42,270 S1: Sorry about that. Go ahead. 339 00:19:42,630 --> 00:19:46,109 S6: No, it just it's just an orange blossom is just 340 00:19:46,109 --> 00:19:48,990 S6: a little flowers that come up before the oranges come, 341 00:19:49,030 --> 00:19:51,670 S6: you know, come into being or whatever on the way 342 00:19:51,710 --> 00:19:55,429 S6: or whatever. And, uh, they just smell sweet and delicate, 343 00:19:55,430 --> 00:19:58,790 S6: and it's just a good memory. It's just a good smell. 344 00:19:59,310 --> 00:20:03,630 S1: So is it. Is it a smell? An aroma that 345 00:20:03,670 --> 00:20:06,510 S1: kind of you. You don't expect it, and you kind 346 00:20:06,550 --> 00:20:09,230 S1: of walk through it because the wind changes and then 347 00:20:09,230 --> 00:20:10,790 S1: all of a sudden it's right there. 348 00:20:11,790 --> 00:20:14,590 S6: Yeah. Kind of. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I think so. 349 00:20:14,830 --> 00:20:19,430 S1: And do you remember does that spark your childhood then? 350 00:20:20,590 --> 00:20:23,710 S6: Well, I was in my 20s, but when I was 351 00:20:23,710 --> 00:20:25,629 S6: a child we used to come to Florida a lot 352 00:20:25,630 --> 00:20:29,750 S6: for vacation. And I'd get the little orange blossom perfume 353 00:20:30,350 --> 00:20:32,949 S6: and take that home with me. It was always wrapped 354 00:20:32,950 --> 00:20:36,910 S6: in a little shell and kind of like that too. 355 00:20:37,550 --> 00:20:39,990 S6: That's a memory from childhood. 356 00:20:40,390 --> 00:20:42,510 S1: Yes. The orange blossom. 357 00:20:42,670 --> 00:20:46,389 S6: It's my. Yeah, it's more of a memory from my 20s, 358 00:20:46,430 --> 00:20:49,830 S6: I guess. When I moved down here and got used 359 00:20:49,830 --> 00:20:52,469 S6: to Florida and being hot at Christmas and. 360 00:20:52,990 --> 00:20:55,670 S1: You know. Was that hard for you? Was that hard 361 00:20:55,670 --> 00:20:58,670 S1: to go from Indiana Christmas to Florida Christmas? 362 00:20:59,630 --> 00:21:02,310 S6: Oh, I love it here. No, I don't like the 363 00:21:02,310 --> 00:21:05,389 S6: snow as much because no one was there anymore to 364 00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:08,790 S6: change my start my car and get the, you know, 365 00:21:09,150 --> 00:21:12,790 S6: scrape it ice off the windshield and all that. So no, 366 00:21:12,830 --> 00:21:15,350 S6: this is perfect for me. And I will not live 367 00:21:15,350 --> 00:21:18,270 S6: in Florida. I won't live in Indiana anymore unless something 368 00:21:18,270 --> 00:21:22,030 S6: really happens. Important. But I love it here. 369 00:21:22,750 --> 00:21:26,510 S1: When we moved to Colorado, one of the things that, uh, 370 00:21:26,590 --> 00:21:31,390 S1: I when we moved from Colorado to Arizona, I thought, oh, 371 00:21:31,430 --> 00:21:33,590 S1: if we had only lived in Arizona when I was 372 00:21:33,590 --> 00:21:36,350 S1: teaching my kids to drive because the roads were so 373 00:21:36,390 --> 00:21:40,270 S1: icy and slick and, you know, we. Yeah. Knock at 374 00:21:40,270 --> 00:21:42,430 S1: the door. You know, dad, I ran off the road, 375 00:21:42,590 --> 00:21:45,670 S1: that kind of thing. And yet then then I think. But. Yeah, 376 00:21:45,670 --> 00:21:48,550 S1: but they learned how to drive in the snow and 377 00:21:48,550 --> 00:21:51,150 S1: with the ice and how to be careful, you know, 378 00:21:51,350 --> 00:21:54,830 S1: so there's a there's a double edged sword there. Uh. 379 00:21:55,150 --> 00:21:57,990 S6: Yeah. My dad wouldn't let me drive until I was, uh, 380 00:21:58,030 --> 00:22:01,310 S6: until the snowstorm was gone in 78. So I had 381 00:22:01,310 --> 00:22:04,950 S6: to wait another year, probably to get my license because 382 00:22:04,950 --> 00:22:07,110 S6: we had a blizzard in 78, 78. 383 00:22:07,150 --> 00:22:11,030 S1: I remember that that was a big one. And, uh, 384 00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:14,189 S1: there Illinois and Indiana, the middle of the country. And 385 00:22:14,190 --> 00:22:18,070 S1: there was a big one in, um, Buffalo, New York, too. Well, 386 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:20,630 S1: there's always a lot of snow in Buffalo, but but 387 00:22:20,630 --> 00:22:23,989 S1: around that time, there was a huge storm as well. Oh, 388 00:22:23,990 --> 00:22:28,149 S1: so now you're taking me back. So that's another thing, Rhonda. 389 00:22:28,150 --> 00:22:31,720 S1: Thank you. That's another thing is, is the weather. Does 390 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:35,879 S1: the weather doesn't feel like Christmas until all the leaves 391 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:40,240 S1: are gone or all the or the or the temperature changes. Uh, 392 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,040 S1: Jim is in Illinois. Jim, what do you say? 393 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:49,320 S7: I believe Christmas feels like Christmas when you got that 394 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:53,240 S7: light snow. There are some still leaves on the trees, 395 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,080 S7: but you can hear the snow hit the leaves and 396 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,560 S7: you're out sledding. You're having a hot chocolate. You have 397 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:07,879 S7: a fire going outside, and everybody's together. It's surreal, you know, 398 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:11,560 S7: it's surreal moment. You know, there's so many moments in 399 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:15,399 S7: Christmas that that's just part of it. Yes. But everybody 400 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,640 S7: being together and just enjoying each other. 401 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:25,760 S1: Mhm. So laughter stories the hot chocolate feeling cold and 402 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:30,520 S1: then warm at the same time. There's there's that feeling 403 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:31,520 S1: as well, right? 404 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,720 S7: Of course, I mean, warm on the inside because everybody's 405 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:40,320 S7: together and, um, knowing that there's going to be, you know, 406 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:42,800 S7: some good food at the house when you're ready to 407 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,560 S7: get back into the house. But I was an outside person. 408 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,959 S7: I'm 60 years old now, but I still love being outside. 409 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:50,120 S7: I still love the snow. 410 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,520 S1: Do you still go sledding? 411 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,400 S7: If I get a chance, yes. If not, ice fishing. 412 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,439 S1: Ah. Now, where do you go? Ice fishing. You have 413 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,800 S1: to go up to Wisconsin to do that, don't you? 414 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:05,440 S7: Well, you don't have to, but, I mean, I live 415 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,000 S7: on the border of Illinois and Wisconsin, so I hit 416 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:13,240 S7: the Channel Lakes. And ice is almost there right now. 417 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,440 S7: We got 4 to 6in of ice already. 418 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,400 S1: Do you really? And what is for those who have 419 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,560 S1: never ice fished. And I'm one of them. I mean, 420 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,959 S1: I've seen films and, you know, seen videos of this, 421 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:28,000 S1: but why? Why is ice fishing So much fun. 422 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,880 S7: It's so quiet. Uh, if you do have a shanty 423 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,760 S7: that helps, that keeps you warm, you know, inside again, 424 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:39,320 S7: hot chocolate and, uh, being together with family. And, um, 425 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:41,840 S7: if you catch fish, great. But what you really catch 426 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:42,639 S7: is stories. 427 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:47,960 S1: Yeah. There it is right there. And that relationship. Because 428 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,760 S1: Christmas is so much about the relationships. Thank you Jim. 429 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,320 S1: Oh these are really good. And I've got a line 430 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,240 S1: for you. Uh, and a pole. And we'll catch a 431 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,760 S1: fish together here in the shanty in the at the 432 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:05,960 S1: back fence. Would you call me (877) 548-3675 and answer that question. 433 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:10,600 S1: It feels like Christmas when blank. And there's no wrong 434 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,639 S1: answer here. But all of these so far, you know, 435 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:17,640 S1: the Christmas movies with mom and the wooden nativity scene 436 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,880 S1: and the the orange blossom and then the the snow, 437 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,930 S1: the sledding, the the fishing, all of these have these 438 00:25:26,010 --> 00:25:29,650 S1: sense memory things that are going on, and a lot 439 00:25:29,650 --> 00:25:35,970 S1: of them are about relationships. Maybe it's not Christmas until 440 00:25:36,609 --> 00:25:40,970 S1: your child comes home or you see mom or dad. 441 00:25:41,490 --> 00:25:48,090 S1: Anybody out there? Can I see a hand? Eight. 775483675. 442 00:25:48,130 --> 00:26:04,330 S1: This is Chris Fabry live on Moody Radio. I know 443 00:26:04,330 --> 00:26:06,369 S1: it's my radio backyard fence, but I want you to 444 00:26:06,369 --> 00:26:09,970 S1: take me to your back fence and maybe even back 445 00:26:09,970 --> 00:26:14,050 S1: to your childhood, where you can talk about the feeling 446 00:26:14,090 --> 00:26:18,129 S1: of Christmas and how it doesn't feel like Christmas until 447 00:26:18,290 --> 00:26:23,810 S1: something happens or it feels feels like Christmas. When this happens, 448 00:26:23,810 --> 00:26:26,609 S1: fill in the blank for me. Got a line open 449 00:26:26,609 --> 00:26:33,649 S1: for you. Still (877) 548-3675. Sherry is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Boy, 450 00:26:33,690 --> 00:26:37,530 S1: a lot of, uh, Florida Christmases. Hi, Sherry. How are you? 451 00:26:38,250 --> 00:26:41,449 S8: Hi. How are you doing today? Thanks for taking my call. 452 00:26:41,490 --> 00:26:42,770 S8: Merry Christmas. 453 00:26:42,810 --> 00:26:44,250 S1: And to you, my friend. 454 00:26:44,970 --> 00:26:48,650 S8: Yes. It's not Christmas until. Well, the little background is. 455 00:26:48,650 --> 00:26:51,409 S8: I was born in December the 20th, so I'm a 456 00:26:51,410 --> 00:26:54,770 S8: Christmas baby. And my parents used to always say. It's 457 00:26:54,770 --> 00:26:57,770 S8: not my fault that I was born, you know, five 458 00:26:57,770 --> 00:26:59,770 S8: days before Christmas. And by the way, I was born 459 00:26:59,770 --> 00:27:02,410 S8: in Ohio, raised in Kentucky. So I'm around. I know 460 00:27:02,410 --> 00:27:04,410 S8: it snows like, but I've been in Florida for like 461 00:27:04,410 --> 00:27:08,010 S8: 35 years. But even to this day, um, because of 462 00:27:08,010 --> 00:27:10,810 S8: the Christmas, because of my birthday and Christmas, it's not 463 00:27:10,810 --> 00:27:13,410 S8: Christmas until we decorate the tree. So what we would 464 00:27:13,410 --> 00:27:16,690 S8: do is after Thanksgiving, we would buy the tree, but 465 00:27:16,690 --> 00:27:18,730 S8: we wouldn't decorate it until my birthday. 466 00:27:19,250 --> 00:27:21,810 S1: Really? You'd wait all that time? 467 00:27:23,130 --> 00:27:26,130 S8: Yes. Because, you know, we had to make the best 468 00:27:26,130 --> 00:27:27,689 S8: of it. It was me and my brother. And, you know, 469 00:27:27,730 --> 00:27:29,770 S8: we weren't like, you know, rich or anything. So we 470 00:27:29,770 --> 00:27:31,970 S8: were they would get they said they would never cheat me, 471 00:27:31,970 --> 00:27:34,169 S8: so they would give me like that was our party, 472 00:27:34,170 --> 00:27:35,810 S8: like we would have. I would have 1 or 2 473 00:27:35,810 --> 00:27:39,410 S8: presents for my birthday. We would decorate the tree and 474 00:27:39,450 --> 00:27:43,210 S8: then we would, you know, have Christmas on Christmas Day 475 00:27:43,210 --> 00:27:46,490 S8: and presents there. And also another memory is my mom 476 00:27:46,490 --> 00:27:48,770 S8: would make snow ice cream out of the snow. That 477 00:27:48,770 --> 00:27:51,370 S8: was the best. It wasn't Christmas until those two things happened. 478 00:27:51,410 --> 00:27:55,169 S1: Okay, okay. So trimming the tree and then the snow 479 00:27:55,210 --> 00:27:58,210 S1: ice cream. You don't still have any of the ornaments 480 00:27:58,210 --> 00:28:00,210 S1: that you had when you were a child, do you? 481 00:28:01,410 --> 00:28:05,610 S8: I, I don't have any of the remnants as a child, 482 00:28:05,609 --> 00:28:08,010 S8: but my mom and my dad are both in heaven now. 483 00:28:08,010 --> 00:28:11,370 S8: But I have some ornaments that were my mom's that 484 00:28:11,369 --> 00:28:14,050 S8: I moved down here with, but not from a little girl. 485 00:28:14,090 --> 00:28:16,649 S8: Just some precious memories that I remember that. And I 486 00:28:16,650 --> 00:28:19,450 S8: remember they would always put this big old star in 487 00:28:19,450 --> 00:28:21,409 S8: the window in the picture window. 488 00:28:22,140 --> 00:28:26,060 S1: So every birthday then. And it's coming up in eight days. 489 00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:31,100 S1: Every birthday you feel, you feel pretty special, don't you? 490 00:28:31,580 --> 00:28:34,380 S8: I do, I do, and I'm older now. And people 491 00:28:34,380 --> 00:28:36,380 S8: are like, where is your tree? So why are you. 492 00:28:36,420 --> 00:28:38,780 S8: I'm like, I can't, it's just ingrained in me. I 493 00:28:38,780 --> 00:28:40,660 S8: have to wait till my birthday. 494 00:28:41,420 --> 00:28:44,540 S1: See? And there's there is that it's the relationship and 495 00:28:44,540 --> 00:28:47,860 S1: there's that tradition. You know, people wouldn't understand if they 496 00:28:47,860 --> 00:28:51,460 S1: didn't know your backstory. They wouldn't understand. Well, why? You know, 497 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:54,580 S1: why does Sherry wait until. Well, there it is. There's 498 00:28:54,580 --> 00:28:55,940 S1: the reason, right? 499 00:28:56,460 --> 00:28:59,540 S8: Yes. It makes me all fuzzy inside. 500 00:28:59,900 --> 00:29:04,420 S1: Fuzzy. There it is. That's the feeling. Fuzzy. Sherry. Happy birthday. 501 00:29:04,460 --> 00:29:06,580 S1: A little early, and Merry Christmas to you. 502 00:29:07,140 --> 00:29:09,100 S8: Thank you. God bless. Bye bye. 503 00:29:10,180 --> 00:29:14,980 S1: Um, I remember walking into the house where I grew up, 504 00:29:14,980 --> 00:29:17,780 S1: which is which is now for sale on all the 505 00:29:17,780 --> 00:29:21,940 S1: land around and all the farm around it. But I 506 00:29:21,940 --> 00:29:25,620 S1: remember walking in and catching the aroma of my mother's 507 00:29:25,940 --> 00:29:33,740 S1: Chex Mix concoction with pecans and filbert nuts. You know, 508 00:29:33,780 --> 00:29:37,459 S1: the long and there were others, like just regular peanuts. 509 00:29:37,580 --> 00:29:39,780 S1: And then the round nuts. I don't know what you 510 00:29:39,820 --> 00:29:43,660 S1: call those. Uh, and then the pretzel sticks and the 511 00:29:43,660 --> 00:29:47,060 S1: different kind of Chex cereal. And she would mix up 512 00:29:47,060 --> 00:29:49,860 S1: this glaze to put over it. I think it had 513 00:29:49,860 --> 00:29:53,500 S1: Worcestershire sauce on it. I can spell that. I can't 514 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,220 S1: say it. And she would bake this. She'd bake about 515 00:29:56,220 --> 00:29:59,500 S1: a 50 gallon drum full of this. We would have 516 00:29:59,500 --> 00:30:02,300 S1: it for months. But you would, I think. And I 517 00:30:02,740 --> 00:30:05,500 S1: asked my brothers and they said we called it Chex Mix, 518 00:30:05,500 --> 00:30:09,220 S1: but I think she called it nuts and bolts. But 519 00:30:09,220 --> 00:30:13,060 S1: the aroma of that to me, when you walk in 520 00:30:13,060 --> 00:30:17,180 S1: the house and and it hung around for a few days, uh, 521 00:30:17,180 --> 00:30:21,620 S1: because of the amount, About. It just smelled like it 522 00:30:21,620 --> 00:30:26,500 S1: tasted like Christmas because it was a little. There was 523 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:29,460 S1: no sweetness to it. The sweetness came from all the 524 00:30:29,460 --> 00:30:31,860 S1: other things, the peanut butter balls and things. But this 525 00:30:31,860 --> 00:30:38,660 S1: was the salty. Taste that she had. That's what it 526 00:30:38,660 --> 00:30:42,860 S1: was for me as a child. Now, here's Tom in Chattanooga. Tom, 527 00:30:42,860 --> 00:30:44,020 S1: why did you call today? 528 00:30:44,700 --> 00:30:49,020 S9: Hey, Chris. Uh, I wanted to mention something. Since everybody's 529 00:30:49,020 --> 00:30:53,900 S9: talking about, uh, this subject, I thought I'd join in. And, uh, 530 00:30:54,180 --> 00:30:56,340 S9: I really appreciate your show. And I think all of 531 00:30:56,340 --> 00:30:59,540 S9: us feel really good that, uh, a guy like you 532 00:30:59,580 --> 00:31:03,500 S9: thinks our stories are important and interesting and makes makes 533 00:31:03,500 --> 00:31:07,260 S9: me feel good. So, uh, but I'm calling because the 534 00:31:07,260 --> 00:31:11,700 S9: thing that that always lets me know that it's Christmas 535 00:31:12,260 --> 00:31:17,540 S9: is that when somebody gives me some Christmas cookies or something. 536 00:31:19,030 --> 00:31:22,870 S9: And the smell of the food brings back memories of 537 00:31:22,870 --> 00:31:25,270 S9: when I was a little kid and we didn't have 538 00:31:25,270 --> 00:31:29,350 S9: much money, but my mother was a really terrific cook. 539 00:31:29,950 --> 00:31:33,350 S9: And on the holidays, she would do a really great 540 00:31:33,350 --> 00:31:36,830 S9: job of cooking stuff. And my, you know, we would 541 00:31:36,830 --> 00:31:43,030 S9: have a big meal usually, uh, turkey at Christmas and 542 00:31:43,030 --> 00:31:49,790 S9: ham on New Years. And, um, it wasn't until, uh, 543 00:31:50,150 --> 00:31:54,270 S9: last year and, uh, somebody I said, you know, we 544 00:31:54,310 --> 00:31:58,790 S9: never had gotten very many Christmas gifts, but our mother 545 00:31:58,790 --> 00:32:03,390 S9: was a great cook and Christmas and all year round. And, uh, 546 00:32:04,350 --> 00:32:08,110 S9: that person interrupted me and said, well, that that food 547 00:32:08,110 --> 00:32:10,310 S9: she cooked for you, that was her gift to you. 548 00:32:10,790 --> 00:32:12,350 S9: And I thought, wow, how did I get to be 549 00:32:12,350 --> 00:32:15,630 S9: 72 years old and never figured that out? You know, 550 00:32:15,670 --> 00:32:18,670 S9: and I thought that's that's right. It's a really terrific. 551 00:32:19,070 --> 00:32:22,150 S9: And so I've thought through the year of that every 552 00:32:22,150 --> 00:32:24,110 S9: once in a while when something reminds me of her 553 00:32:24,750 --> 00:32:26,790 S9: cooking and I think, yes, it was really was a 554 00:32:26,830 --> 00:32:28,910 S9: gift she gave us all year round. 555 00:32:29,310 --> 00:32:33,350 S1: Yes. You know, and I mentioned this, you know, the 556 00:32:33,350 --> 00:32:36,590 S1: nuts and bolts thing. There's so much about that, the 557 00:32:36,590 --> 00:32:39,910 S1: food around there. And you mentioned the turkey and the 558 00:32:39,950 --> 00:32:44,710 S1: ham and it is it's something you probably will, uh, 559 00:32:45,070 --> 00:32:47,590 S1: the different parts of the brain that kind of trigger 560 00:32:47,590 --> 00:32:51,110 S1: one with the music and the memory, or watching a 561 00:32:51,110 --> 00:32:54,550 S1: film and seeing that and the feeling of that, but 562 00:32:54,550 --> 00:32:58,230 S1: then the aroma of that food or the the sweet 563 00:32:58,230 --> 00:33:01,910 S1: cake or roll or fruitcake, fruitcake is another thing. And 564 00:33:01,910 --> 00:33:04,990 S1: a lot of people disparage fruitcake, but I can still 565 00:33:04,990 --> 00:33:09,510 S1: remember the the aroma of that fruitcake baking. And it 566 00:33:09,510 --> 00:33:11,870 S1: does something on the inside, doesn't it? 567 00:33:13,070 --> 00:33:18,190 S9: Yeah, it really does. Uh, you're exactly right. 568 00:33:19,310 --> 00:33:21,710 S1: And you know what I love about this? Tom, what 569 00:33:21,710 --> 00:33:25,390 S1: you said at the very beginning was that, um, our 570 00:33:25,390 --> 00:33:28,790 S1: stories are are valuable and that they're valuable to me. 571 00:33:29,270 --> 00:33:33,190 S1: And I believe that. And I agree with you, but 572 00:33:33,190 --> 00:33:36,910 S1: our stories are valuable to each other unless we share them. 573 00:33:37,070 --> 00:33:39,710 S1: You know, we keep them to ourselves like we just 574 00:33:39,710 --> 00:33:44,989 S1: heard from the birthday. Um, the Sherry's birthday, wasn't it? 575 00:33:44,990 --> 00:33:49,510 S1: Sherry and and what she experienced on December 20th. But 576 00:33:49,510 --> 00:33:52,910 S1: people don't know that about her unless she shares it. 577 00:33:52,910 --> 00:33:54,830 S1: And so that's one of the reasons why I wanted 578 00:33:54,830 --> 00:33:58,750 S1: to do have a program like this. There's also an 579 00:33:58,750 --> 00:34:01,310 S1: opportunity for me to play a song before we take 580 00:34:01,310 --> 00:34:04,030 S1: a break. And that is from one of my favorite 581 00:34:04,030 --> 00:34:08,790 S1: Christmas films, which is Muppet Christmas Carol. And I think 582 00:34:08,790 --> 00:34:11,670 S1: this song kind of gets it right and kind of 583 00:34:11,670 --> 00:34:15,279 S1: gets it wrong at the same time, because it's the 584 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:20,240 S1: retelling in the Muppet way of the story of Ebenezer Scrooge. 585 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:25,440 S1: And in this song, it's Christmas present. Who is singing, 586 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,120 S1: as well as the other people and animals that are 587 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:33,600 S1: gathered around singing about what it feels like at Christmas. 588 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:47,520 S10: May I welcome you to Christmas morning? No, no. Ho ho! Ho! 589 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,640 S10: It's in the singing of a street corner choir. It's 590 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:56,080 S10: going home and getting warm by the fire. It's true. 591 00:34:56,080 --> 00:35:01,239 S10: Wherever you find love. It feels like Christmas. A cup 592 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:04,560 S10: of kindness that we share with another. A sweet reunion 593 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:08,400 S10: with a friend or a brother. In all the places 594 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:14,800 S10: you find love. It feels like Christmas. It is the 595 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:20,359 S10: season of the heart, a special time of caring, the 596 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:26,759 S10: ways of love made clear. And it is the season 597 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:31,720 S10: of the spirit. The message, if we hear it, is 598 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:33,680 S10: make it last all year. 599 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:39,000 S11: More folk rock. 600 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,400 S12: It's in the giving of a gift to another. A 601 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,920 S12: pair of mittens that were made by your mother. 602 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:49,840 S10: It's all the ways that we show love that feel 603 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:54,759 S10: like Christmas. A part of childhood will always remember. It 604 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:58,240 S10: is the summer of the soul in December. Yes, when 605 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:02,800 S10: you do your best for love, it feels like Christmas. 606 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:09,600 S10: It is the season of the heart, a special time 607 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:16,279 S10: of caring, the ways of love made clear. It is 608 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:22,000 S10: the season of the spirit. The message, if we hear it, 609 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:32,320 S10: is make it last all year. It's in the singing 610 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,400 S10: of a street corner choir. It's going home and getting 611 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:40,080 S10: warm by the fire. It's true. Wherever you find love, 612 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:47,960 S10: it feels like Christmas. It's true. Wherever you find love, 613 00:36:49,640 --> 00:37:03,320 S10: it feels like Christmas. It feels like Christmas. It feels 614 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:13,330 S10: like Christmas. It feels like pretty much. 615 00:37:15,890 --> 00:37:17,370 S13: The Ghost of Christmas. 616 00:37:17,370 --> 00:37:21,649 S1: Present talking to Scrooge about this cup of kindness. The 617 00:37:21,650 --> 00:37:25,930 S1: reunion it. The season of the heart of the spirit. 618 00:37:26,210 --> 00:37:32,169 S1: Mittens made by your mother. The choir, the fire. It 619 00:37:32,170 --> 00:37:35,890 S1: feels like Christmas. But there's something about that. That kind of. 620 00:37:36,330 --> 00:37:38,450 S1: I don't want to down that song because it gives 621 00:37:38,450 --> 00:37:41,850 S1: me a good feeling when I hear it. Um, there's 622 00:37:41,850 --> 00:37:49,130 S1: something about that that is me centered. That is this 623 00:37:49,170 --> 00:37:53,770 S1: the message of Christmas is love each other and make 624 00:37:53,770 --> 00:37:58,930 S1: the love last all year. Keep the spirit of Christmas going. 625 00:37:59,450 --> 00:38:02,890 S1: That's the important thing, is to keep that love going. 626 00:38:02,969 --> 00:38:05,730 S1: And I'm I'm all for keeping the love. Keep the 627 00:38:05,730 --> 00:38:08,250 S1: love going. And to love each other and to care 628 00:38:08,250 --> 00:38:11,610 S1: for each other and be kind to each other. But 629 00:38:11,610 --> 00:38:16,290 S1: that is something that we can't do on our own, 630 00:38:17,170 --> 00:38:20,170 S1: that we can't do on our own power, because that 631 00:38:20,170 --> 00:38:23,850 S1: runs out. That kind of love runs out just like 632 00:38:23,890 --> 00:38:27,010 S1: Chex Mix, even though my mom made a 50 gallon 633 00:38:27,010 --> 00:38:30,370 S1: barrel of it. It ran out. It's not. It's not 634 00:38:30,410 --> 00:38:37,370 S1: unless the love springs from some other, uh, pool that 635 00:38:37,370 --> 00:38:41,690 S1: can't run out. And that's what Christmas was all about. 636 00:38:42,170 --> 00:38:45,410 S1: That God did something for us that we couldn't do 637 00:38:45,410 --> 00:38:50,730 S1: for ourselves. And that it wasn't just a feeling. It 638 00:38:50,730 --> 00:38:55,770 S1: wasn't just love and and fuzzy in the in the heart, 639 00:38:55,810 --> 00:38:58,649 S1: as good as those are. You know, Gary Chapman talks 640 00:38:58,650 --> 00:39:02,810 S1: about the falling in love and the tingles. Christmas is 641 00:39:02,810 --> 00:39:06,890 S1: not about the tingles, though. You get them. And that's 642 00:39:06,890 --> 00:39:09,370 S1: what we're talking about here today with the different people 643 00:39:09,370 --> 00:39:14,129 S1: who are calling in. Christmas is more than tingles, and 644 00:39:14,130 --> 00:39:16,090 S1: I want to talk about that in our final segment. 645 00:39:16,090 --> 00:39:18,569 S1: So let me take our break. We'll come back and 646 00:39:18,570 --> 00:39:20,969 S1: talk with more of you. And if you go to 647 00:39:21,010 --> 00:39:25,970 S1: Chris Fabry live, you will see how to support us 648 00:39:25,969 --> 00:39:30,089 S1: and get a really great gift. Hosanna in excelsis. Go 649 00:39:30,090 --> 00:39:32,810 S1: to Chris Fabry org. I'll tell you more about that. 650 00:39:32,850 --> 00:39:36,650 S1: We'll take your calls on Chris Fabry Live and Moody Radio. 651 00:39:48,050 --> 00:39:48,969 S14: I have a great thank you. 652 00:39:48,969 --> 00:39:51,530 S1: I should have mentioned this earlier when we had Larry Shackley, 653 00:39:51,530 --> 00:39:54,689 S1: who was talking about all the Christmas music, especially the 654 00:39:54,690 --> 00:39:58,569 S1: sacred music. We have a great thank you that is 655 00:39:58,570 --> 00:40:02,130 S1: still available to you for another couple of weeks. Hosanna 656 00:40:02,130 --> 00:40:06,060 S1: and ex-Chelsea is a hardback. Hymns and devotions for the 657 00:40:06,060 --> 00:40:09,700 S1: Christmas season. And we'll talk about some of these songs 658 00:40:09,739 --> 00:40:11,939 S1: again a week from today, because a week from today 659 00:40:11,940 --> 00:40:14,380 S1: we're going to talk Christmas music. Oh, don't you dare 660 00:40:14,700 --> 00:40:17,300 S1: miss that. But I was just looking at this story 661 00:40:17,300 --> 00:40:23,380 S1: behind away in a manger. Um, the Lehman's David and 662 00:40:23,380 --> 00:40:26,379 S1: Barbara Lehman say this tune is attributed to William Kirkpatrick, 663 00:40:26,380 --> 00:40:30,580 S1: but is almost identical to the Scottish folk song Flow Gently, 664 00:40:30,660 --> 00:40:34,819 S1: Sweet Afton. Both tunes have the beauty and simplicity of 665 00:40:34,820 --> 00:40:39,060 S1: folk songs and could be called lullabies. At least 41 666 00:40:39,060 --> 00:40:42,380 S1: tunes have been used for this text. Did you know that? 667 00:40:42,420 --> 00:40:46,180 S1: Did you have any idea that there are 41 songs that, 668 00:40:46,219 --> 00:40:49,299 S1: away in a manger could be sung to? That's just 669 00:40:49,300 --> 00:40:54,140 S1: one of the 43 Hymns and Devotions for the Christmas Season. 670 00:40:54,340 --> 00:40:55,980 S1: Would love to send you a copy. Give a gift 671 00:40:55,980 --> 00:40:58,180 S1: of any size to keep us going here at the 672 00:40:58,180 --> 00:41:00,219 S1: end of the year. Give a year end gift to 673 00:41:00,219 --> 00:41:03,980 S1: Chris Fabry. Live. Do it at the website Chris Fabry. Livorno. 674 00:41:04,860 --> 00:41:11,899 S1: Chris Fabbri, Livorno. Or you can call 86695 and leave 675 00:41:11,900 --> 00:41:13,900 S1: a message for us. If you didn't get through today 676 00:41:13,900 --> 00:41:16,660 S1: and you want to ask. Tell me. Tell me a story. 677 00:41:16,820 --> 00:41:20,300 S1: 866 95 Faber. You can give a gift. You press one. 678 00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:22,500 S1: I think you give a gift or no, it's press 679 00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:26,739 S1: one and you leave a message. Press two and you 680 00:41:26,739 --> 00:41:29,180 S1: can give a gift. Chris Fabry, live press three, and 681 00:41:29,180 --> 00:41:35,819 S1: we'll talk about your mortgage. No. Chris Fabry, Livorno 866 95. 682 00:41:35,900 --> 00:41:39,860 S1: Fabry Ashley is in Indiana. Ashley, how you doing today? 683 00:41:40,900 --> 00:41:41,740 S15: I'm doing okay. 684 00:41:42,860 --> 00:41:45,299 S1: I'm glad to hear it. I'm. I'm doing well. And 685 00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:47,100 S1: merry Christmas. Why'd you call today? 686 00:41:48,820 --> 00:41:53,340 S15: Um, so I'm usually on my Bluetooth speaker listening to 687 00:41:53,380 --> 00:41:55,180 S15: my own music. I don't usually get on the radio, 688 00:41:55,180 --> 00:41:58,580 S15: but it wouldn't work today. So I was scanning through 689 00:41:58,580 --> 00:42:01,979 S15: channels and I happened to come across this one, and I. 690 00:42:02,300 --> 00:42:05,379 S15: I'm hearing all these, you know, different, like, traditions and 691 00:42:05,380 --> 00:42:09,700 S15: memories and all these things. And, you know, in a way, 692 00:42:09,739 --> 00:42:13,460 S15: it kind of made me sad because, like, growing up, I, 693 00:42:13,500 --> 00:42:18,299 S15: my mom, like, didn't do Christmas. We didn't believe in Santa. Um, 694 00:42:18,980 --> 00:42:21,940 S15: we never had traditions. We didn't go see family like 695 00:42:21,980 --> 00:42:24,300 S15: it was. It was just Christmas was a normal day. 696 00:42:24,340 --> 00:42:26,259 S15: You know, we might have went sledding or something, but 697 00:42:26,300 --> 00:42:30,340 S15: that was just about it. And so I'm like, I'm 698 00:42:30,380 --> 00:42:33,299 S15: 26 now. I've got three kids of my own, and 699 00:42:33,340 --> 00:42:36,540 S15: I've made it my mission to make sure that they have, like, 700 00:42:36,580 --> 00:42:41,660 S15: this grand Christmas. And this year. Um, we actually, um, 701 00:42:41,860 --> 00:42:45,540 S15: bought a house in April. And so this is our first, like, 702 00:42:45,580 --> 00:42:49,980 S15: real Christmas where we just get to be together and 703 00:42:50,020 --> 00:42:53,660 S15: I got to decorate. And I've got so many different 704 00:42:53,700 --> 00:42:56,980 S15: traditions that I'm trying to do. So many. Um, I 705 00:42:56,980 --> 00:43:01,100 S15: probably need to just stick with, like, a couple. But, yeah, 706 00:43:01,140 --> 00:43:04,950 S15: it made me. I don't know, it made me like 707 00:43:04,989 --> 00:43:08,870 S15: everyone else's feelings about Christmas. It made me feel like that's. 708 00:43:08,910 --> 00:43:10,150 S15: That's what Christmas is. 709 00:43:11,030 --> 00:43:15,029 S1: And the longing, the longing of. Oh, and I want 710 00:43:15,030 --> 00:43:18,230 S1: everything to come out well. And the expectations that you 711 00:43:18,230 --> 00:43:20,469 S1: always have. And you want to see the, the light 712 00:43:20,469 --> 00:43:22,989 S1: in your children's faces, you know, on Christmas morning or 713 00:43:22,989 --> 00:43:26,990 S1: whenever you open presents and, and all of that. Um, 714 00:43:27,590 --> 00:43:29,710 S1: I've got I've got one idea for you, but let 715 00:43:29,710 --> 00:43:32,910 S1: me not go there yet until we get to, um, 716 00:43:33,190 --> 00:43:39,910 S1: the whole purpose behind Christmas and the exchanging gifts. From 717 00:43:39,910 --> 00:43:43,510 S1: my perspective, is the greatest gift that was ever given 718 00:43:43,510 --> 00:43:46,590 S1: to us, was given by God. One we never deserved. 719 00:43:46,590 --> 00:43:50,190 S1: And that was sending his only son as a little 720 00:43:50,230 --> 00:43:52,990 S1: baby who grew up and then didn't stay a little baby. 721 00:43:53,350 --> 00:43:55,830 S1: He grew up and lived this perfect life so that 722 00:43:55,830 --> 00:44:01,790 S1: he could he could give himself for us. So the the, 723 00:44:02,270 --> 00:44:05,350 S1: you know, Christmas and Easter are tied together. You wouldn't 724 00:44:05,350 --> 00:44:08,910 S1: have Easter. And unless you had the baby in the 725 00:44:08,910 --> 00:44:12,710 S1: manger who didn't stay a baby but lived a perfect life. 726 00:44:13,030 --> 00:44:15,870 S1: And I that's the the biggest thing that I would 727 00:44:15,870 --> 00:44:20,830 S1: want in your house, uh, is that is that realization. 728 00:44:20,870 --> 00:44:22,030 S1: Do you agree with that? 729 00:44:22,950 --> 00:44:23,910 S15: Yeah, yeah. 730 00:44:24,750 --> 00:44:28,189 S1: Good. Well, here's what I'd like to do. Ashley, I'd 731 00:44:28,190 --> 00:44:29,989 S1: like for you to hang on, and I want to 732 00:44:29,989 --> 00:44:32,709 S1: send you a copy of the book that I just mentioned. 733 00:44:32,910 --> 00:44:37,310 S1: Hosanna in excelsis. Because it's got these stories with, you know, 734 00:44:37,350 --> 00:44:40,509 S1: the nice little lullabies, you know, away in a manger. 735 00:44:40,750 --> 00:44:44,310 S1: But it's got the stories behind those songs, those hymns 736 00:44:44,310 --> 00:44:47,709 S1: and those carols that we sing every year and the 737 00:44:47,710 --> 00:44:50,989 S1: meaning of them. So if you hang on, we'll get 738 00:44:50,989 --> 00:44:55,030 S1: your address and send this to you. Okay, friend. God 739 00:44:55,030 --> 00:44:58,870 S1: bless you, Ashley, and your kids. And wanting to have 740 00:44:58,870 --> 00:45:02,590 S1: not just the feeling, but the meaning of Christmas. Isn't 741 00:45:02,590 --> 00:45:05,710 S1: that isn't that what it's all about? It's not just 742 00:45:06,070 --> 00:45:10,310 S1: having the goosebumps. And I'm all for the goosebumps and 743 00:45:10,310 --> 00:45:14,910 S1: for the hot chocolate and, uh, the Currier and Ives 744 00:45:15,150 --> 00:45:17,750 S1: and going over the river and through the woods and 745 00:45:17,750 --> 00:45:21,110 S1: seeing grandma again. We're going to talk about grandparents next week. 746 00:45:21,150 --> 00:45:23,030 S1: You have to have to join us for that. Michael 747 00:45:23,030 --> 00:45:26,310 S1: Card's going to be here on Monday, but that's what 748 00:45:26,310 --> 00:45:30,549 S1: I want most of all, for my own home and 749 00:45:30,550 --> 00:45:34,830 S1: for yours as well. And and probably for your children 750 00:45:34,830 --> 00:45:37,910 S1: and their children. And that is to have that kind 751 00:45:37,950 --> 00:45:42,590 S1: of relationship with God who would invade time and space 752 00:45:43,230 --> 00:45:48,509 S1: because he knew we couldn't do for ourselves what we needed, 753 00:45:48,510 --> 00:45:54,230 S1: and that was to live a perfectly holy life. And 754 00:45:54,230 --> 00:45:57,920 S1: since we couldn't do that, that's what he did for us, 755 00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:02,719 S1: and he not only lived that life, but gave himself 756 00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:06,479 S1: as a ransom for us. Greater love has no one 757 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:10,040 S1: than this. If if it feels like Christmas by giving love. 758 00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:12,160 S1: Greater love has no one than this. Than he would 759 00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:15,640 S1: lay down his life for his friends. That's what Jesus did. 760 00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:18,879 S1: But not only did he lay down his life, he 761 00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:22,680 S1: took it up again. He was raised to new life. 762 00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:29,200 S1: So at Christmas, we celebrate that baby in the manger. That, uh, 763 00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:35,439 S1: that bridge of the gulf that God did span and 764 00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:38,919 S1: celebrate that. And I hope you'll come along next week 765 00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:41,719 S1: for more of that celebration and conversation here at the 766 00:46:41,719 --> 00:46:45,000 S1: back fence. Thanks for listening. Chris Fabry lives production of 767 00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:48,520 S1: Moody Radio, a ministry of Moody Bible Institute.