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A mother brings a care package across town to her daughter who is (with her fiance and two dogs) at home on quarantine. Standing outside, the mom can see the tears streaming down her baby's cheeks. Inside, the daughter looks out and sees tears on her mama's face as well. This is Christmas Through the Glass.
You may be separated from someone you love this Christmas, and that separation may be taking a toll on you both. You may be missing each other for months. And here come the holidays, when what you long for most is to be together with family and friends. Whether the glass you face is in a window, or a door, or on a computer or a phone, the warm hug you wish for is.... alas, still a ways away.
Christmas Through the Glass is a sad song. My hope is that it reminds us what we have, what we share, and where we agree. I hope it brings you and your family and friends (and all of us) a little bit closer together.
lyrics
(Christmas) Through the Glass
For Sandra, Caitlyn, and Bailey
By Greg Williamson, 2020
There’s a Currier-Ives cottage
And a sideboard, hear it groan
There’s a fire upon the hearth
All our senses whisper “home”
As the window shows the leaves’ descending light upon the snow
I feel our separation and it shows
There’s a lamplight on the corner
And some spread before my eyes
And the grate is knocking gently
And the gate’s closed for the night
In the hallway there’s a jingling sound that brings a savage glow
From hard times to harder than you know
And the window lights this city
as my heart begins to burst
And the night is growing longer
but I hope we’ve seen the worst
May we all be all together face to face again at last
This year it is Christmas Through the Glass
Through the glass, I see my mother
Sadly smiling me back home
Through the glass, I hold my daughter
In the arms she longs to know
May we all be all together face to face for once, at last
Even if it is Christmas Through the Glass
credits
released December 3, 2020
Written by Greg Williamson
Co-produced by Greg Williamson and Kathleen McGill.
Engineered by Don Farwell at Earwig Studio
Mastering by Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering
Photograph 2020 by Greg Williamson
Cover design by Steve Bergstrom at Octopus Farm
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