Message from Juliet
Christmassy Vicar!
‘Well I wish it could be Christmas, every day
When the kids start singing and the band begins to play
Oh, I wish it could be Christmas, every day
So let the bells ring out for Christmas’
WIZZARD – Roy Wood 1973
I think we have probably all heard these lyrics many many times. I first heard them this year in September in the pound shop in Gloucester,(well, they were looking ahead at least!)
Roy Wood wrote and recorded this song in the summer of 1973, and never anticipated how successful it would turn out to be. He released it in time for Christmas….but because he made poor business choices, and has been unable to cash in successfully from the hit. Others have benefitted from his creation, and WIZZARD never again had as much success as they did with this hit. And yet, it is still played over and over, and money is still made over and over, benefitting many others before the one who created the tune.
The tune is on every compilation CD that you could possibly think of ever buying to get you in the Christmas mood, and EVERYONE sings along when they hear it.
But, the song however quickly gets out of season. We hear it TOO soon. We hear it TOO frequently. We don’t actually want it to be Christmas every day, because that would mean we’d spend TOO much money and eat TOO much turkey!
But somehow, this tune, created in 1973…is something that we all know, sing and embrace the spirit of.
- Once a year!
God sent his Son Jesus … he created the scene, he propelled him into a world which would in the main ignore him. He sent others to be fore-runners to prepare the way, and yet when he was born, he made little impact, except upon the lives of those privileged to be at the scene.
For lots of people, this is something that they embrace once a year.
The nativity for many, goes hand in hand with Santa and Turkey. Released for Christmas, thought about, looked at, listened too…but then put back into a box in a loft until next year.
Like WIZZARD’s tune, forgotten about until next year.
WIZZARD’s sentiment was ‘I wish it could be Christmas every day’…
The reality of doing ‘Christmas’ as we recognise it today, would be ridiculous. No one would ever go to school, shops would never again open and people would faint each time they had to face another Brussels sprout!
So….No thank you! If we live in WIZZARD’s world , we DON’T wish it could be Christmas every day.
BUT…in God’s world, being Christmas every day, means everyday living with the incarnation.
Living with LOVE and LIGHT and HOPE and LOVE.
So actually, on second thoughts, yes please! We DO wish it could be Christmas ever day.
When God decided to send Jesus into the world, he contemplated the timing, he sent fore- runners to prepare the way. Handing over royalties to us, HIS children so that we can receive the benefits provided. And we benefit over and over again because of his creation – JESUS
Roy Wood didn’t expect the success….but the success is only once a year.
God anticipated his success, as His son Jesus Christ had words of eternal life.
For every day of your life, year in, year out.
With CHRIST it is CHRISTMAS every day…life with LOVE not SPROUTS!
Amen to that!
Juliet xxxx
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