Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Past Christmases have not caused me to tear up as often or deeply as this Christmas has...and Judy Garland doesn't just tug at my heartstrings - she snaps them right in half. How sadly humble, hopeful, and peaceful this tune is for Christmas 2011.

Start at 1:36

Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart be light. Next year all our troubles will be out of sight.

Have yourself a merry little Christmas, make the yuletide gay. Next year all our troubles will be miles away.

Once again as in olden days, happy golden days of yore. Faithful friends who were near to us, will be dear to us once more.

Someday soon we all will be together, if the fates allow. Until then, we'll just have to muddle through somehow.

So have yourself a merry little Christmas now.