One of the many joys of Staples High School’s 84th annual Candlelight Concert was the debut of a stunning a cappella song.
Eight singers performed “World for Christmas” — Anders Edenroth’s quiet message of concern yet hope for our planet, delivered through the eyes and voice of a newborn child — with beauty, love, and teenage optimism.
Copyright issues prohibit a link to the Staples performance. But today — a day to celebrate faith, hope and joy, in a world filled with negativity, and teetering on the brink of self-destruction — “06880” offers this version of the stunning Candlelight Concert song.
It’s the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse
The stockings are hung by the chimney with care
But hopes for Saint Nicholas I wish I could share
I am new to this world, I arrived here this morn
To this beautiful planet, though beat up and torn
I don’t need a gift, need no more than I’ve got
Hear the unspoken wish from a tiny, tiny tot
I only want the world for Christmas
The blue green for ever turning world for Chistmas
Nothing more nothing less
I want it for keeps and I promise to share
So that everyone who wants can cuddle and care
I only want the world for chistmas
The blue green for ever turning world for christmas
To restore to repossess
Please make it last, my fate is in your hands
Oh give me a present for the future
You could follow your heart, but you follow a whim
And fill up your stockings way over the brim
Ignoring the signs in your frail crystal ball
You wish away, wish away, wish away all
The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow
Gives a luster of midday to objects below
Why your eyes won’t see
When they’re given all this light
I wonder, I wonder this very special night
I only want the world for Chistmas
The blue green for ever turning world for Chistmas
To restore to repossess
Please make it last, my fate is in your hands
Oh give me, oh give me
Oh give me, oh give me
Oh give me a present for the future.
“Earthrise.” This iconic photograph was taken during a lunar orbit by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968.
Thank you Dan, this is beautiful! Happy Holidays and all the best in the New Year!
For those alone this Christmas, either for military service or estranged from their families, I wish you the best and brightest for this day and forthcoming New Year.
Lovely and we’d be very wise to heed this message!