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Posted on 12/06/2010 6:27:30 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com

Story behind the song: Having been taught as a toddler that Christmas is the holiday that Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, the little boy asked his Mom, "where's the line to see Jesus"? The Mom mentioned this to her Dad, who immediately became inspired and jotted words down to a song in just a few minutes.

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TOPICS: Daily Prayer; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: christmasthoughts
This is a beautiful and heartwarming Christmas song. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I have.

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG..... Read the story below before you play the video.

This is so beautiful and so sweet. It caught me off guard without a Kleenex, so listen & be prepared. Youl love it! Youl want to share it with your little ones and grandchildren. Here the story behind the song:

While at the mall a couple of years ago, my then four year old nephew, Spencer, saw kids lined up to see Santa Claus. Having been taught as a toddler that Christmas is the holiday that Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, he asked his mom, "where's the line to see Jesus"? My sister mentioned this to my dad, who immediately became inspired and jotted words down to a song in just a few minutes.

After putting music to the words, and doing a quick recording at home, he received a great response from friends. He sent the song off to Nashville without much response, except for a Christian song writer who suggested adding a bridge at the end of the first chorus. My dad then asked if I wanted to record the song to see what we could do with it. I listened to the song, made a few changes to the words to make it flow better, and we headed to Shock City Studios.It was at the studio where Chris, owner and producer, rewrote the 2nd verse and part of the chorus... With Goosebumps and emotions high, we were all hopeful and felt like we had something special. The demo was recorded in just under 2 hours and sent off again to Nashville... Still no response.

Then 2 weeks before Christmas last year, my cousins Greg and Robbie decided to do a video to see what we could accomplish on YouTube. The first day we had 3000 hits and it soared from there. We received e-mails, phone calls, Facebook messages from people all over asking for the music, CD's, iTunes, anything... We had nothing'.After a couple of meetings with Chris following the amazing response, we got serious. We headed back into the studio this past spring... This time with guitars, drums, bass, pianos, choirs... The real deal.... And here we are today. Getting iTunes set up, a website put together, and loving that thousands upon thousands of Christians have come together... Remembering the true meaning of Christmas.

Out of the mouths of babes come profound truths that many adults cannot understand. Hopefully Spencer's observation will cause people all over to reflect on the love of Jesus, and that one day we will all stand in line to see Him. We are most thankful to our Heavenly Father to have this chance to share our music with you. Merry Christmas everyone.

1 posted on 12/06/2010 6:27:31 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

JESUS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON

2 posted on 12/06/2010 6:39:32 AM PST by GailA (NO JESUS, NO CHRISTmas!)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Nice post, I teared up a little, this is the second post in two days that has done this.

Surprise at mall food court
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2637475/posts

Direct youtube link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE


3 posted on 12/06/2010 7:03:31 AM PST by ConservativeChris
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To: GailA

http://wheresthelinetoseejesus.com/

newer version


4 posted on 12/06/2010 8:18:15 AM PST by Faith65 (Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior!)
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