Stars and Promises

1. Christmas Overture
2. Ring Out The Bells
3. What Child Is This
4. Sing Joy
5. This Christmas
6. Angels We Have Heard On High
7. Little Drummer Boy
8. Love Is Born Anew
9. Mother’s Song
10. Stars and Promises
11. Wings of Angels
12. Silent Night

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1. Liner notes:
   Christmas is a time of wonder, and a time of reflection about how far we have come and where we are going.
   Each year my memories of Christmas take me back to Tamilnadu, South India, where my parents were missionaries for 17 years and where my brothers, sisters, and I were born. On Christmas Eve, my father would make a star out of a spotlight and a piece of gauze to show the Indian people from the village of Vanyimbadi the way up the hill to our home, where we all would gather for hot coffee, cookies, and Christmas caroling. It would send chills up my spine to hear these people, who had very little in terms of earthly wealth, sing with such joy and abandon. In the middle of troubled times and complicated lives, we shared a bit of Peace On Earth, and we sang for what really matters: a star to guide you home, and a promise that won’t fade with the passing years. A joyful Christmas to you all.

   Terry on February 7th, 2011