Joe and I were married on the Winter Solstice 2007. That year it fell on Saturday, December 22nd. Like many of the songs on this album, it came quickly. I was sitting at the piano practicing for the holiday shows I was hosting at the Oxford Community Arts Center. It was mid December 2015 and fast approaching my first anniversary without Joe. I was planning on playing 2000 miles by The Pretenders and as I was playing through and singing, I thought I felt Joe in the threshold of the door to my music room listening, just like he used to. The room changed; the song lyrics came through from the bottom up, in reverse along with the piano. Before I knew it I “came to” , sobbing, and grateful. This gift a song about our wedding day, the Yuletide, the return of the light. I played this song that evening and the next for the concerts held in the room that held our wedding reception.
We, of course, recorded it on the baby grand in my music room. I love how you can hear the air go through the pedals. We kept it simple with a hint of Jon’s Harmony guitar under the refrain.