Please read the story behind the song before you listen. It's
beautiful, and makes you wonder how Christmas became so
commercialized!?
Here's 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 nothin'. 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.
Becky Kelley
Here is the new version of the video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_676439&v=OExXItDyWEY
This is the greatest Christmas song/video, in years. Turn it up and enjoy!