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I invite you to click on the above video...listen...sing along...and enjoy!! The child-like nostalgia means that Christmas isn't Christmas until I hear the Charlie Brown crowd sing, "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing." Actually, I need the whole glorious cartoon. Yes, I know it is a bit cheesy, graphics are old school, but when Linus wraps his blanket around his head and recites the Christmas story...if there isn't a tear or a small lump in your throat, I think you need to check your pulse. For me, Christmas Carols teach and tell us much about this mystery of the season. They preach the power and possibility. They invite us into the holiness and awaken the holiness within us. But Christmas Carols can also just become background music. We don't often let these words sit, simmer, and sing to us. So, here is my invitation to you: let's listen with new ears and open hearts. Over the coming days we are going to circle around Christmas Carols. Each d