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Today Is ‘Human Rights Day’.

“Human Rights Day” is celebrated annually around the world, each year, on December 10th.

The date was initially chosen to honour the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation; on December 10th 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global proclamation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations.

“Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All”
The slogan for this year’s Human Rights Day is “Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All” and the call to action is #StandUp4HumanRights.

It Must Come True, Sometime Soon Somehow.

When a Child is Born.

Vocals: Susan Boyle & Johnny Mathis.
Lyrics: Ciro Dammicco. English language lyrics written a few years later by Fred Jay (Friedrich Alex Jacobson)

A ray of hope flickers in the sky.
A tiny star lights up way up high.
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn.
This comes to pass when a child is born.
A silent wish sails the seven seas.
The winds of change whisper in the trees,
And the walls of doubt crumble, tossed and torn.
This comes to pass when a child is born.
A rosy hue settles all around.
You’ve got to feel you’re on solid ground.
For a spell or two, no one seems forlorn.
This comes to pass when a child is born.
It’s all a dream, an illusion now.
It must come true, sometime soon somehow.
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn.
This comes to pass when a child is born.
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn.
This comes to pass when a child is born.
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A Cherry Cherry Merry Christmas.

**Santa Claus is arriving in Thurles this very evening**.

Reminder: This evening (December 9th, 2022) around 6:00pm, Santa Claus (Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa), will be passing through Liberty Square in Thurles, Co. Tipperary, so organise yourselves.

A Cherry Cherry Merry Christmas.

Vocals and Lyrics: Neil Diamond

Wish you a very merry, cherry cherry Christmas,
And a holly holy holiday, too.
Underneath your tree may there always be,
Sounds of harmony, not a song sung blue.
Just a very merry, cherry cherry Christmas,
And if all of those who love you gather near,
You’ll have a very merry, cherry cherry, holly holy
Rock and rolly Christmas this year.
When the snow drops on the treetops,
It’s a pretty amazing scene.
Hear the choir, light the fire,
Feels like pretty amazing grace if you know what I mean.
Oh yeah, it’s Christmas time.
In a world of make-believe I’m a believer,
And I believe in things not always understood.
But the things you feel make believing real,
That’s why Christmas feels so good, so good, so good.
When you imagine all the world as one great chorus,
You’re gonna learn that every voice has got a song,
Let’s raise a Christmas toast of red, red wine,
We’ll even sing Sweet Caroline while the whole world sings along.
I hear music in the sound of children laughing.
It’s a beautiful noise that fits you like a song.
Makes you wanna have a very merry, holly holy
Cherry cherry Christmas time the whole year long.
The whole year long,
Sing your Christmas song.
The whole year long
Cherry Christmas, everyone.

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Great Christmas Ballads.

“Scarlet Ribbons“

The folk style ballad, “Scarlet Ribbons” was written in just 15 minutes in 1949 in Port Washington, New York, with lyrics by the late Minnasota native Jack Segal and music by the late Texas native Evelyn Danzig Levine.
There have been many recorded versions on several recorded Christmas albums, but none better than that by the great American singer, Grammy Award winner, activist, actor and current 95-year-old Mr Harry Belafonte, (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr).

I peeped in to say goodnight,
Then I heard my child in prayer,
“And for me some scarlet ribbons,
Scarlet ribbons for my hair”.
All the stores were closed and shuttered.
All the streets were dark and bare.
In our town, no scarlet ribbons,
Not one ribbon for her hair.
Through the night my heart was aching.
Just before the dawn was breaking.
I peeped in and on her bed,
In gay profusion, lying there,
Lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons,
Scarlet ribbons for her hair.
If I live to be a 100,
I will never know from where,
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons,
Scarlet ribbons for her hair.
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A Song For A Sunday.

Let there be peace on earth.

Vocals: Crystal Gayle. Composers: Jill Jackson & Sy Miller.

This song is performed worldwide throughout the year, and particularly during the Christmas season.
It is included in the hymnals of a variety of Christian denominations.
It is also sung by those not connected with religious or spiritual matters. Keeping in mind an extract from the prayer Desiderata (“Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.”) the words “God as our Father” is replaced with “Earth as our Mother” and “Father” is replaced with “creator”. The words “brother” is replaced with “family” or “each other”.

Let there be peace on earth,
And let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on earth,
The peace that was meant to be.
With God as our father,
Brothers all are we.
Let me walk with my brother,
In perfect harmony.
Let peace began with me.
Let this be the moment now.
With every step I take,
Let this be my solemn vow.
To take each moment,
And live each moment in peace eternally.
Let there be peace on earth,
And let it began with me.
Let there be peace on earth,
And let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on earth,
The peace that was meant to be.
To take each moment,
And live each moment in peace eternally.
Let there be peace on earth,
And let it began with me.