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I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Walter Kent (music) and James “Kim” Gannon (words).

I’m dreamin’ tonight of a place I love
Even more then I usually do
And although I know it’s a long road back
I promise you

I’ll be home for Christmas
You can count on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents under the tree
Christmas Eve will find me
Where the love light beams
I’ll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams

Christmas Eve will find me
Where the love light beams
I’ll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
If only in my dreams

I seldom get through that song without weeping, thinking of all those in uniform for their country who don’t or won’t ever be making it home. It became the most requested song at Christmas U.S.O. shows in both Europe and the Pacific during World War II, in which my father served as an Army field surgeon trying to save all those wounded.

With that background, I hope that this Christmas will be a more peaceful one for each of us. I’ll try to do my part to make my world a better place.

One smile, One hug at a time.

Hugs to you all. =)