Below is one of my two all-time favorite Christmas carols, and this is my all-time favorite version of it!
The song is so melancholy and sad, hinting at major troubles happening in the speaker's life. But there's a note of hope as well, that next Christmas things will be better. It was originally sung by Judy Garland, and her version is beautiful, but it doesn't communicate the simultaneous sadness and hope that I hear in James Taylor's voice (though that may be because the song was too heavy handed and sad for the movie in which it appears, and Garland knew it).
Also, I just like James Taylor. Here's a dude that looks and acts like a college professor (Seriously, when he first walks out onstage for a concert I expect him to pull out a briefcase and start fumbling through it before looking up and saying apologetically, "I know the class syllabus is in here somewhere!") but sings with such a beautiful voice.
So Merry Christmas, and enjoy.
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