What could be better than relaxing in your easy chair with a cup of hot tea or chocolate and listening to free Christmas music online? Christmas tunes have the power to take us back to another time and place - to stir up our memories of childhood and the myriads of experiences that form our image of "Christmastime" today.
There's something comforting about the traditions of the season - the familiar tunes, whether hymns or secular, the lights, the sounds and colors of Christmas.
Can you even imagine a Christmas without music?
I feel certain that Mary was singing a lullabye on the night Baby Jesus was born - perhaps with the Little Drummer Boy close at hand.
What a rich history we have!
If you're feeling stressed with all the things you haven't done to prepare for Christmas, I invite you to listen to some music - close your eyes, and allow yourself to go back to a simpler time and place.
