I have a friend who is the lead pastor of a church in California. He writes some very thought-provoking posts on his personal blog. He recently wrote a post called "Christmas Time Is Hear." Here's an excerpt..."Driving into our neighborhood just a week ago we were singing, "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas," today with just about everyone's decorations up; we sing, "Christmas Time is Here!"
Which is the real point of what I would like to discuss. Seeing Christmas is much different than hearing Christmas.
There is so much in music; emotion, beauty, encouragement, companionship... if seeing is believing then hearing is being. In other words, decorations let me know what time of year it is, while listening to Christmas music transcends time. Music can transport me back in time to a moment or Christmas music specifically can put me in the spirit of Christmas even if it's July." Click HERE to read the entire post.