By Henrylito D. Tacio / Friday, December 20, 2013
NOT too many know that the song, “Give Love on Christmas Day,” recorded by Motown Records’ family quintet The Jackson 5, was first released as a single in the Philippines. In 1986, the gained release as a CD single in the United States, in order to promote the release of the first CD version of “The Jackson 5 Christmas Album.”
The first stanza goes this way: “People making lists, buying special gifts, / Taking time to be kind to one and all / It’s the time of year when good friends are here / And you wish you could give more / Than just presents from a store.”
But the second stanza is what I like most: “Why don’t you give love on Christmas day / Oh even the man who has everything / Would be so happy if you would bring / Him love on Christmas day / No greater gift is there than love.”
Generally, we write something about love only on Valentine’s Day. It’s the time of the year when you see hanging hearts in department stores. Elementary school children are given the chance of expressing their love to their parents by making a card, which they would then give to their father and/or mother.
But Christmas season is actually a time of loving too. In fact, it was because of love that the Almighty gave His only Son in order for man to be saved. John 3:16 states so: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (New International Version).
Like death and taxes, no one can escape from love. Here’s what Ernest Holmes said: “Love is within us. It cannot be destroyed. It can be ignored. To the extent that we abandon love we will feel it has abandoned us. Denying love is our only problem, and embracing it is the only answer. Through the power of love, we can let go of past history and begin again. Love heals, forgives, and makes whole.”
Read More: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/lifestyle/2013/12/20/give-love-yuletide-season-319897
Source: Henrylito D. Tacio / MJ-Upbeat.com
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