Whether you like Christmas music or not, once Thanksgiving has come and gone, it is inescapable. Stores, restaurants, anywhere you go. You know the songs and you can sing along. They are filled with popular ideas about Christmas, from holiday romance, to passionate desire, to how the dark nights and cold weather brings us together with friends and loved ones. But while these songs help some feel the Christmas spirit, they can also feel a little trite or a little hollow, like they’re missing something.

Week 3 of Christmas Karaoke

Teacher: Dave Chojnacki Join Damascus Road for Christmas Karaoke to enjoy some Christmas music and reflect on the real spirit of the season. Let’s go beyond the songs we sing to get to the meaning of Christmas. The mood is right, the spirit's up, we're here tonight, and that's enough as we are simply having a wonderful Christmastime, right? Maybe it doesn’t feel that wonderful. Maybe something is missing. Are we trying to manufacture the Christmas spirit with lights and bells and songs? It is supposed to be a season of joy and celebration. Together, we stop and examine what truly makes Christmas wonderful.

Whether you like Christmas music or not, once Thanksgiving has come and gone, it is inescapable. Stores, restaurants, anywhere you go. You know the songs and you can sing along. They are filled with popular ideas about Christmas, from holiday romance, to passionate desire, to how the dark nights and cold weather brings us together with friends and loved ones. But while these songs help some feel the Christmas spirit, they can also feel a little trite or a little hollow, like they’re missing something.

Week 2 of Christmas Karaoke

Teacher: Megan Miller

Join Damascus Road for Christmas Karaoke to enjoy some Christmas music and reflect on the real spirit of the season. Let’s go beyond the songs we sing to get to the meaning of Christmas. You made your list, you checked it twice, and made sure it had every gift you wanted for Christmas. Maybe you have a long list. Maybe you have a short list, and all you want for Christmas is just the one thing that will make everything right. Christmas can easily become a season of asking for and wanting more and more, but this can easily distract us and turn us inward throughout the holiday season. It is a season not of want, but of need and our deep need for a savior who arrives as a baby born in a manger. Let us reconsider what we really want for Christmas.

Whether you like Christmas music or not, once Thanksgiving has come and gone, it is inescapable. Stores, restaurants, anywhere you go. You know the songs and you can sing along. They are filled with popular ideas about Christmas, from holiday romance, to passionate desire, to how the dark nights and cold weather brings us together with friends and loved ones. But while these songs help some feel the Christmas spirit, they can also feel a little trite or a little hollow, like they’re missing something.

Week 1 of Christmas Karaoke

Teacher: Megan Stibrich

Join Damascus Road for Christmas Karaoke to enjoy some Christmas music and reflect on the real spirit of the season. Let’s go beyond the songs we sing to get to the meaning of Christmas. You’re walking through the store when, WHAM!, you get hit in face with a holly, jolly, auditory attack. The Christmas season is upon us, and with it can come all sorts of emotions. Maybe it brings joy and anticipation, but for many it can just bring up past memories of hurt and pain. It is a time of tradition and nostalgia, but not everyone looks back on their last Christmas so fondly, whether because of family pain, lost relationships, or broken hearts. But Christmastime is truly supposed to be a season of hope, as we await the birth of Jesus and the miracle of God with us. Last Christmas may have broken our heart, but this year, let’s focus on the hope it brings instead.