{"id":250,"date":"2010-12-18T02:24:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T09:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithmile.com\/?p=250"},"modified":"2010-12-14T22:35:10","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T05:35:10","slug":"katrynas-caroltacular-christmas-countdown-december-18-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/?p=250","title":{"rendered":"Katryna&#8217;s Caroltacular Christmas Countdown &#8211; December 18, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kfYcMREC2eQ[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Joyous Song &#8211; Boyz II Men<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is the second Boyz II Men entry from the 1983 LP, Christmas Interpretations.  This song, like the rest of the LP, gives me that &#8220;by the fireplace on Christmas morning&#8221; feeling.  It&#8217;s not traditional, but it should be a classic.  Like Share Love, it combines the joy of being with family with the joy of humanity in a chorus that celebrates life and thanks God for it.  It truly is a joyous song.<\/p>\n<p>Lyrics courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricsmania.com\/a_joyous_song_lyrics_boyz_ii_men.html\">lyricsmania.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Love over flows around this season<br \/>\nOur hearts find pleasure in the simplest of things<br \/>\nIt brings joy to a child<br \/>\nWhen he sees all the decorations hanging all around<br \/>\nThe birthday of our king<br \/>\nWe sing praises to you<br \/>\nPeople gather around to see a tree<br \/>\nLight up the sky for all of the world to see<br \/>\nOf all the holidays that exist<br \/>\nNone makes more happier than this one<\/p>\n<p>I see love all around this world<br \/>\nIn every man, woman, boy, and girl<br \/>\nThe time is so right and I&#8217;ll say<br \/>\nThank you Lord<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s so great to be alive<br \/>\nBecause it&#8217;s all about love<\/p>\n<p>As we sit around the fire place<br \/>\nWindows fill with snow as it flutters down and gives the ground a glow<br \/>\nI feel your kisses<br \/>\nYour warm embrace<br \/>\nKneeling as we pray<br \/>\nTo thank our Lord for what he&#8217;s done for us<br \/>\nTime stands so still<br \/>\nAs I touch your hand it says things to me words never will<\/p>\n<p>I feel it (it&#8217;s easy to feel) peace all the way inside<br \/>\nJoy from a stranger as he walks by and says<br \/>\nHi, Merry Christmas to you and yours<br \/>\nMay you receive everything you wish for and more<br \/>\nI see love<\/p>\n<p>I see love all around this world<br \/>\nIn every man, woman, boy, and girl<br \/>\nThe time is so right and I&#8217;ll say<br \/>\nThank you Lord<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s so great to be alive<br \/>\nBecause it&#8217;s all about love<br \/>\n (repeats five times) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kfYcMREC2eQ[\/youtube] A Joyous Song &#8211; Boyz II Men Here is the second Boyz II Men entry from the 1983 LP, Christmas Interpretations. This song, like the rest of the LP, gives me that &#8220;by the fireplace on Christmas morning&#8221; feeling. It&#8217;s not traditional, but it should be a classic. Like Share Love, it combines the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-katrynas-caroltacular-christmas-countdown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251,"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}