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As you may have guessed, the name for this blog comes from one of my favorite Christmas movies, The Muppet Christmas Carol. The story of a changed heart and a second chance echo’s the message of hope we can have through Christ. I love Michael Caine’s portrayal of Scrooge.
The Muppet Christmas Carol is a 1992 American Christmas film directed by Brian Henson. Adapted from the 1843 novel, Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, it stars Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge.
From The Muppet Christmas Carol
A Thankful Heart
With a thankful heart, with an endless joy
With a growing family, every girl and boy
Will be nephew and niece to me (Nephew and niece to me)
Will bring love, hope and peace to me (Love, hope and peace to me)
Yes and every night will end, and every day will start
With a grateful prayer and a thankful heart
With an open smile and with open doors
I will bid you welcome, what is mine is yours
With a glass raised to toast your health (With a glass raised to toast your health)
And a promise to share the wealth (Promise to share the wealth)
I will sail a friendly course, file a friendly chart
On a sea of love and a thankful heart
Life is like a journey, who knows when it ends?
Yes, and if you need to know the measure of a man
You simply count his friends.
Stop and look around you, the glory that you see.
Is born again each day, don’t let is slip away.
How precious life can be.
With a thankful heart that is wide awake
I do make this promise, every breath I take
Will be used now to sing your praise (Used now to sing your praise)
And to beg you to share my days (Beg you to share my days)
With a loving guarantee that even if we part,
I will hold you close in a thankful heart
I will hold you close in a thankful heart.
Merry Christmas, from Our house to Yours!
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That is our favorite Christmas movie. We have been watching that every year on Christmas Eve with the kids. I was trying to figure out where I heard that phrase before. 🙂