The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is made up of some 360 men and women, all of whom are volunteers. There are many husband-wife combinations and many families have participated in the choir for generations. Choir members are currently limited to twenty years of participation, allowing new members to join the choir on a regular basis.
The choir was founded in August 1847, one month after the Mormon Pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley. The choir is completely self-funded, traveling and producing albums to support their organization. Choir members are not paid for their participation or performances.
Although the choir has traditionally been recognized for its sound quality, the most recent director, Craig Jessop, a student of Robert Shaw, has made changes designed to improve the overall quality of the choir. Jessop's efforts to add vitality to the choir's sound include the formation of The Orchestra at Temple Square, the 2005 addition of The Bells on Temple Square (a hand bell choir), and continual refinement of the choir's tone, enunciation, and repetoire. The minimum age for participation has been reduced from 30 to 25. In addition, new choir members participate in The Temple Square Chorale training choir, a combination music theory/performance school led by associate director and composer/arranger Mack Wilberg.
Grown-up Christmas List
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Lyrics
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I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you
With childhood fantasies
Well, I'm all grown up now
Can you still help somehow
I'm not a child
So here's my lifelong wish
My grown-up Christmas list
Not for myself
But for a world in need
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
Every man would have a friend
That right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up
Christmas list
What is this illusion called
The innocence of youth
Maybe only in their blind belief
Can we ever find the truth
There'd be no more lives torn apart
And wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
Every man would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list
This is my only lifelong wish
This is my grown-up Christmas list
The song "Grown-Up Christmas List" by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is a nostalgic and hopeful song that contemplates the magical, idealistic aspects of Christmas through an adult perspective. The song is addressed to Santa Claus himself, as the singer reflects on having written to him with childhood dreams previously. Now all grown up, the singer longs for the same kind of Christmas spirit but for the wider world. Rather than asking for gifts for themselves, they hope for a world in which there is no strife through wishes such as "no more lives torn apart" and "time would heal all hearts." The song leans towards sentimentality, but its sincerity is touching as it imagines a better, more peaceful world.
The song was originally recorded by David Foster and Natalie Cole but has since become a seasonal favorite recorded by many other artists, including Kelly Clarkson, Amy Grant, and Michael Bublé. The history behind the song is interesting as it was not originally a Christmas song, being written as a letter to Santa by a child for Easter instead. Nevertheless, the power and hope behind the lyrics lend themselves well to the spirit of Christmas.
Line by Line Meaning
Do you remember me
Can you recall the times when I was small?
I sat upon your knee
I would sit on your lap for warmth and comfort.
I wrote to you
I composed letters to you, filled with childhood visions.
With childhood fantasies
My thoughts were innocent and simple.
Well, I'm all grown up now
I have now reached adulthood.
Can you still help somehow
Is it possible for you to aid me in any way?
I'm not a child
I am no longer a kid.
But my heart still can dream
But I can still imagine with my heart.
So here's my lifelong wish
I intend to reveal my long-standing desire.
My grown-up Christmas list
My mature Christmas wishes.
Not for myself
I don't seek anything for myself.
But for a world in need
But for a world that is struggling.
No more lives torn apart
No more separation and pain among people.
That wars would never start
That fights and disputes would never ensue.
And time would heal all hearts
As time passes, all emotional wounds will recover.
Every man would have a friend
Each individual would find a companion, a confidante.
That right would always win
Justice would always prevail.
And love would never end
Love would go on permanently.
This is my grown-up
These are my mature hopes, the ones that matter.
Christmas list
My Christmas wishes.
What is this illusion called
What is this non-existent imagination called?
The innocence of youth
The naivety of childhood.
Maybe only in their blind belief
Maybe in their unaware trust.
Can we ever find the truth
Can we ever discover what is real?
This is my only lifelong wish
These aspirations are my only lifetime desire.
This is my grown-up Christmas list
These are my wishes for Christmas as an adult.
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Linda Thompson, David Foster
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Wow!! This “My Grown up Christmas List” is it.… This is it…!
It’s the greatest Christmas Song of the 21st Century Modern World of Christmas Music that captures & embraces the Central Thematic Wish(-es) of every human being on Earth: Unity of Mankind and True World Peace at the core of humanity: Truth, Beauty & Goodness.
Hence, all these global human wishes, such as:
1. No more lives torn apart … (no more broken families!, etc…);
2. That wars would never start: that right there in every heart of each human being: these wars, big & small, covering all types of human mis-understandings, conflicts, etc., passing through & transcending Religions, Races, Peoples, Nations & Cultures in that these all wars, conflicts, etc., would have melted to Zero inside every man’s heart to give way to human understanding and KNOW that all humanity belongs to One Global Human Family of One True United Nations Family; then,
3. Time would heal all hearts: that means, where our heart is – is where each human being, a true human being on Earth lives & knows he has responsibility to make this world a HOME for everyone to live: no more cries, no more hatred; no more sufferings … that’s what GOD expects us to be: use our HEART to deal with each one, everyone on Earth so that everyone is respected in Truth, Beauty & Goodness/Kindness (Values of Human Life) to achieve understanding, compassion, justice & unity. We can never solve all human problems on Earth unless we all know deep in our hearts that GOD ever exists in our hearts. When GOD exists at the core of our Human Hearts, in all our Human Hearts, then, nothing is impossible; then we can build bridges to connect all Nations to finally build True World Peace on Earth.
4. Every man would have a friend: this simply implies that we all humanity becomes friends to all that make the true brothers and sisters for all men – no more racial discriminations; this brings us all back to No. 2 above.
5. That right [that which is truth, beauty & goodness constituting the correctness, proper, and unpretentious (honest)] would WIN over fake, false, wrong – always.
6. And love would never end …: All marriages will last a lifetime on Earth. No more breakdown(s) of hearts – all is True Love that lasts a lifetime of living together as true families of true human beings to live in true joy, true happiness on Earth.
The SONG of Christmas Wishes as One List is wished NOT for oneself but for all humanity, for the World that needs those Wishes & realize them all at the core of every human life on Earth
* How I wish (My Christmas Wish of all time on Earth…) that I am NOW singing it – with the accompaniment of our Angels of GOD above in Heavens singing it w/ love … for each and everyone of you; to all humanity on Earth so that -
Each Nation of all Member Nations of the United Nations does: acknowledge, live so, and believe so with GOD existing in each of their hearts at the core of all hearts of men to live in true love, true life & true family of humanity – finally as One United Nations Family
Thank you: David Foster & Linda Thompson. GOD keep us all SAFE, pls -
- Gpw Bernard Bautista Rementilla
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Wow ...