12月23日，在近代西方國家也有一個特殊的名稱叫做“Christmas Eve Eve”，就是聖誕夜夜（聖誕夜的前一夜），不是齊秦的“夜夜夜夜”（沒有人這樣說），明天就是聖誕夜，在這個時節我總是要聽英國作曲家John Rutter的作品，這首What Sweeter Music更是一定要聽，因為它總是提醒我，我的心準備好了嗎？
歌詞在下面，我不翻譯，因為無法翻出它原本的美，但大意是說
《我們要以聖誕佳音迎接天上君王的誕生，他會為黑暗的世界帶來光明…………我們為祂準備一個房間，就是我們的心房》
詩歌深深觸動我心，尤其在這歲末紛擾之際，你要以什麼樣的心來迎接聖誕？是一顆仇恨苦毒的心，還是一顆充滿愛和溫暖，可以給小耶穌居住的心房？
不管是基督徒或非教徒，都希望你的心充滿平安，盼望和愛，我想這是聖誕節的重要意義之一，至於少數以神之名行仇恨之事的人，也願上帝憐憫，幫你打開眼睛。
What sweeter music can we bring
Than a carol, for to sing
The birth of this our heavenly King?
Awake the voice! Awake the string!
Dark and dull night, fly hence away,
And give the honor to this day,
That sees December turned to May.
That sees December turned to May.
Why does the chilling winter's morn
Why does the chilling winter's morn
Smile, like a field beset with corn?
Or smell like a meadow newly-shorn,
Thus, on the sudden? Come and see
The cause, why things thus fragrant be:
'Tis He is born, whose quickening birth
Gives life and luster, public mirth,
To heaven, and the under-earth.
We see him come, and know him ours,
Who, with his sunshine and his showers,
Turns all the patient ground to flowers.
Turns all the patient ground to flowers.
The darling of the world is come,
And fit it is, we find a room
To welcome him. To welcome him.
The nobler part Of all the house here,
is the heart.
Which we will give him; and bequeath
This holly, and this ivy wreath,
To do him honour, who's our King,
And Lord of all this revelling.
What sweeter music can we bring,
Than a carol for to sing
The birth of this our heavenly King?
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