Everywhere you go this month, you hear strains of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” right? It was written by Hugh Martin for the film Meet Me in St. Louis, in which Judy Garland made it famous. Sometime later, Hugh, a successful composer and lyricist, suffered a nervous breakdown – but through it, he came to know Jesus Christ! Afterward, he decided to rewrite sacred lyrics for his Christmas classic – he called it “Have Yourself a Blessed Little Christmas.”
Have Yourself A Blessed Little Christmas
Original Words & Music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
Sacred lyrics by: Hugh Martin and John Fricke
Have yourself a blessed little Christmas, Christ the King is born. Let your voices ring upon this happy morn.
Have yourself a blessed little Christmas, Serenade the earth. Tell the world we celebrate the Savior’s birth.
Let us gather to sing to him, And to bring to him our praise. Christ the Lord is the gift for all,
To the end of all our days.
Sing hosannas, hymns & hallelujahs, As to him we bow. Make the music mighty as the heav’ns allow. And have yourself a blessed little Christmas now.
THOUGHT:
What can I change this Christmas season to make my celebrations and experiences be more about Jesus?
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