Christmas music has been playing for a while now. Some people have boycotted their favorite station because they began so early. Others have embraced it and can't get enough. No matter where you fall in this discussion, you are probably looking forward to hearing your favorite(s) from now to Christmas.
This week a new album appeared on Spotify, one of several internet listening stations. Titled High Plains Christmas by Phillip Aaberg the pianist collection was loaded with typical Christmas tunes, some that had titles to lend themselves to the album. In all it is a very enjoyable 55 minutes of listening.
As I was listening while reading, my brain picked up a tune that did not exactly go with the theme which it had been following, Christmas. The song? Oh Happy Day! Yes, the one where "Jesus washed my sins away!" I really couldn't believe it so I went to the computer, sure enough there it was. I asked myself, "how is this a Christmas song?" and I had to admit that it does have all the things needed to be a song of the season.
I wondered why I had never thought of it that way. It doesn't have any baby references, no stars, or wise men. So why did Phillip Aaberg choose this for his Christmas recording? I don't know the answer, but I do think, it has a better message than incorporating Three Dog Night's Joy To The World into a medley with Joy to the World by Issac Watts and Handle. No bullfrogs, no fishes in the deep blue sea, just happy days and Christ in our hearts for everyone to see.
Merry Christmas! Oh Happy Day!
Peace my friends.
