12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS WITH CHRIS TOMLIN
December 17, 2009
Chris Tomlin
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DAY 12
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Our 12 Days of Christmas with Chris Tomlin has come to an end, but we wanted to leave you a thought on what the true meaning of Christmas really is. What does Christmas mean to you? Have a wonderful Christmas and happy holidays everyone!
“The true secret of life is to give rather than receive, and no greater gift has been given to us than God giving His only Son, Jesus, to make a way for us, to bring us hope and salvation.”
DAY 11
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
On Day 11 of our 12 Days of Christmas with worship leader Chris Tomlin,
the singer/songwriter shares his favorite Christmas movie.
“It’s A Wonderful Life”
DAY 10
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
On Day 10 of our 12 Days of Christmas with worship leader Chris Tomlin,
the singer/songwriter shares his favorite Christmas album.
“Amy Grant’s A Christmas Album”
DAY 9
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
On Day 9 of our 12 Days of Christmas with worship leader Chris Tomlin,
the singer/songwriter shares with you his favorite Christmas recipe.
“One of my favorite foods to eat during the holidays is my mother’s homemade Blue Ribbon Fudge. If you want to try it and share with your friends here is my Mom’s special recipe."
BLUE RIBBON FUDGE
Butter sides of a 2 qt. saucepan. In it combine:
2 cups sugar
6 oz. evaporated milk
1 heaping tablespoon cocoa
dash salt
Cook and stir continuously over medium heat until
mixture reaches soft ball stage. Usually takes approx.
13 to 15 minutes. Immediately remove from heat. Add
1 tablespoon butter without stirring. Let cool until lukewarm.
Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and beat vigorously until fudge stiffens
and looses it’s gloss. Quickly add nuts if desired and push from
pan onto wax paper.
DAY 8
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
On Day 8 of our 12 Days of Christmas with worship leader Chris Tomlin, the singer/songwriter shares about his funniest Christmas memory when he
was a child.
“Probably the year I thought a gift wrapped under the tree looked a lot like a guitar case. I had secretly really been wanting a guitar so I stared at that wrapping for weeks. When it finally came time to open gifts, I tore into it and found a guitar box for sure, but when I opened the box inside was a shotgun! Now that’s a Texas Christmas…”
DAY 7
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
On Day 7 of our 12 Days of Christmas with worship leader Chris Tomlin,
the singer/songwriter shares his favorite Christmas story.
“Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol”
DAY 6
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
On Day 6 of our 12 Days of Christmas with worship leader Chris Tomlin,
the singer/songwriter shares his favorite Christmas food.
“Greenberg Turkey from Tyler, Texas and wassle that my mother makes. Yum!”
DAY 5
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
On Day 5 of our 12 Days of Christmas with worship leader Chris Tomlin,
the singer/songwriter shares about the songs that stand out to him on his debut Christmas record.
–“Joy to the World [Unspeakable Joy]”, was one of those songs where I didn’t want to come in and change too much. It’s a great song, amazing words, but I really wanted to sing some more of it. So we just added this little refrain, and that seems to have gone over pretty well.
– I love the story of “My Soul Magnifies the Lord.” I love that it kept so much of the Isaiah scripture and also of Mary’s song. When God said, ‘you are going be the mother of the Son of God.’ I love that her response back was worship to God. She said, ‘I’m your servant. My soul, magnifies the Lord.’ And so were trying to put that to music and that is how “My Soul Magnifies the Lord” was born. –As far as new ones we’ve written, I’m very excited about “Emmanuel (Hallowed Manger Ground).” There’s something about it that has this sense that it’s been around for a while and that’s what I like about this song.
DAY 4
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
On Day 4 of our 12 Days of Christmas with worship leader Chris Tomlin, the singer/songwriter shares about his favorite Christmas song.
“My favorite is “O, Holy Night”. It’s so powerful to me. I don’t know what it is that resonates so much, but it grabs me every time. I really feel the weight of it and the power of the song and lyric. “O, Come All Ye Faithful” is a close second.”
DAY 3
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
On Day 3 of our 12 Days of Christmas with worship leader Chris Tomlin, the singer/songwriter shares about his favorite Christmas gift.
“I really wanted an ATV three-wheeler. One year under the tree was a helmet and a note from Santa that said all he could make that year was the helmet and that would have to do until he could get a three-wheeler maybe the next year. I tried my best to be grateful but was so disappointed. Later that day my dad asked me to get some firewood from the back porch. When I went outside, there set the most beautiful Honda three-wheeler you have ever seen. Three-wheelers have since been banned because of safety reasons… :)”
DAY 2
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
On Day 2 of our 12 Days of Christmas with worship leader Chris Tomlin, the singer/songwriter shares about his favorite Christmas tradition.
“I love watching It’s A Wonderful Life with my mom, and when we were young, my brothers and I loved watching Emmitt Otter’s Jugband Christmas with my dad. Now I have started my own tradition of listening to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens each year.”
DAY 1
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
The holidays are finally here!! What better way to kick off the holiday season with a special 12 Days of Christmas with worship leader Chris Tomlin.For the next 12 days we will be sharing with you some of Tomlin¹s favorite holidays secrets from favorite Christmas traditions, food and memories.
Day 1, Tomlin is opening up about his favorite childhood Christmas memory.
“My favorite memory is my brothers and me sleeping together the night before Christmas when we were little. We would wake up early in the morning then form a single file line in the hall and wait for our mom and dad to let us attack our gifts.”
- Chris Tomlin
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