A new Christmas Song
While at the mall a couple of years ago, my then four year old nephew,
Spencer, saw kids lined up to see Santa Claus. Having been taught as a
toddler that Christmas is the holiday that Christians celebrate the birth of
Jesus, he asked his mom, "where's the line to see Jesus"? My sister
mentioned this to my dad, who immediately became inspired and jotted words
down to a song in just a few minutes. After putting music to the words, and
doing a quick recording at home, he received a great response from friends.
He sent the song off to Nashville without much response, except for a
Christian song writer who suggested adding a bridge at the end of the first
chorus. My dad then asked if I wanted to record the song to see what we
could do with it. I listened to the song, made a few changes to the words to
make it flow better, and we headed to Shock City Studios. It was at the
studio where Chris, owner and producer, rewrote the 2nd verse and part of
the chorus... with goosebumps and emotions high, we were all hopeful and
felt like we had something special. The demo was recorded in just under 2
hours and sent off again to Nashville ... still no response. Then 2 weeks
before Christmas last year, my cousins Greg and Robbie decided to do a video
to see what we could accomplish on YouTube. The first day we had 3000 hits
and it soared from there. We received e-mails, phone calls, Facebook
messages from people all over asking for the music, CD's, iTunes,
anything... we had nothin'. After a couple of meetings with Chris following
the amazing response, we got serious. We headed back into the studio this
past spring... this time with guitars, drums, bass, pianos, choirs... the
real deal.... and here we are today. Getting iTunes set up, a website put
together, and loving that thousands upon thousands of Christians have come
together... remembering the true meaning of Christmas. Out of the mouths of
babes come profound truths that many adults can not understand. Hopefully
Spencer's observation will cause people all over to reflect on the love of
Jesus, and that one day we will all stand in line to see Him. We are most
thankful to our Heavenly Father to have this chance to