Christmas 2013
Dan Fogelberg's most famous Christmas song is Auld Lang Syne, of course. "Saw an old lover in the grocery store...la da da da Christmas Eve..." But he breathes new life into this 19th Century Christmas hymn and it has become one of my all time favorites. You can find it on his "The First Christmas Morning" CD--highly recommended--as a collection of beautifully written or resurrected pieces that point to Christ, the whole reason for Christmas. Enjoy! In the Bleak Mid-Winter In the bleak mid-winter, the frosty wind did moan The earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone Snow had fallen softly, snow on snow on snow In the bleak mid-winter, oh so long ago Our God, heaven cannot hold Him nor the earth sustain Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign In the bleak mid-winter a stable place sufficed For the Lord almighty, Jesus Christ Oh what can I give Him, woeful as I am If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb If I were a wiseman, oh I would d