63 Replies to “Christmas Card”

  1. Wow. Such a touching song. Heartfelt words and memories.
    I feel it too. So good. Love inside that card is what matters most! ❤️

    1. Not sure we’ll do a record anymore.. seems to be a fading part of the music business.. but I will always look for a way to share my songs! right now this seems best way to control where my songs can be heard

  2. Love it. I’m with you on words!
    Your songs have touched me in a special way. Proud to be your brother@ love you Bryan!

    1. this year has been really hard for Cass and I .. can’t afford to get anyone anything. health problems really suck. but then you know this better than we do! I don’t even know what to say to the suffering anymore.. at least that doesn’t sound ‘cut n paste’ sure been missing mom lately!

    1. Hi Val.. so glad you like my unrecorded songs I have quite a few that will prolly only ever be hear on this podcast. I think you can filter the show posts and pick “songs that didn’t make the Last Record” I’ve now posted 15 unreleased songs on here

  3. Beautiful song. Christmas has been difficult for me for several years. I’ve lost many family… many of the ones that made it so special. Christmas 77 was the last time we were all together and just before my younger sister passed away from leukemia. Since that time, I’ve lost my father, and two other siblings. Now I decorate our house outside to push back depression and give a gift of God’s love to our community. There are many things I wish I had said before each passed. I loved them even if I had nothing else to give.

    Thank you for this song and thank Devin for your being a inspiration. Merry Christmas to you Bryan, and to all your beautiful family.
    Joy to the World, the Lord is Come!

    1. Hi Dar! I sooo get this… I cry too for all those missing at Christmas. I have an idea for a christmas song called an empty chair at Christmas… haven’t had the courage to suffer through the writing of it. But I often sit and count the missing this time of year. and I furiously attempt to make Christmas memories for the next generation of mine. I might have a nutshell sermon for missing persons later this month

  4. Love this song my friend! Not many musicians tell a story with their lyrics the way you do! I’ve always loved your music because of it! It was so good to see you in Oklahoma recently! I’m sorry the airport layovers were so terrible lol but those 3 hours with you were so important to me! I treasured seeing you again! I hope to be able to get out to California sometime and maybe we could hang out some more!

  5. Wow. Bryan you have more records in you. I could hear you start to tear up when you sang it. A beautiful song as all have said, and a terrific rendering AS IS. Sometimes all I have to give is a Christmas Card is true for me as well. God love you Bryan, you bless us.

    1. Thanks for the comments James. I have a lot of anxiety tryin to find something every year that means something in a gift. Somehow a tie doesn’t quite do it. and I think gift cards are mindless! Best I’ve ever given my kids have always been words of pride in them and support and honest feelings!

    1. WOw Good to see you Doug, seems like I haven’t seen you in ages! Glad yer still with me. thanks for the comments! Its’ great to be able to share songs I might never get to record!

  6. That was beautiful, as so many have said. I started crying at the first verse. Thank you for sharing with us.

  7. That was beautiful, Bryan. Just like others, I teared up a little bit, too. I’m glad we can come here to listen to your music, even if you don’t make another album. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Praying for Cassie.

  8. Really lovely stuff. Keep it up, mate. In the spirit of “build it and they will come,” I believe that the time will come for great production and launching of these songs. It is a step of faith that I believe God will honour. The fact that it seems impossible in the natural will testify to this.

    1. Thanks for the lift. Man this is like starting over. I have to build a new audience for a new thing. Pray that it continues to grow. I’ve prayed about this for a long time it’s kind of like a church without all the enforcement! LOL

      1. You know that I too have prayed for this for a long time and I believe you stepping out in the raw in faith is the answer which you are enacting. So lovely to read the multiple commenst from others and your brother, Donnie. Yes, Christmas is often a time of missing those who have gone before, even your Mom’s incessant phone calls.

  9. Wow Brian, your song to Devin is simply precious.
    Thank you so much for sharing a piece of your heart
    Im curious…how long ago did you write it?

    1. Hi Sherry, Tha song was only written two years ago when I thought I would attempt a new Christmas project. I haven’t been able to raise that kind of money since covid. I’ll be 70 next year. I don’t know too many with records out at that age. The Story of Devin was almost 10 years ago but it still holds a highlight memory of Christmas for me

      1. Those touring and recording >70: Tony Bennett ( 94 and recording duets with younger women), Paul McCartney, Dione Warwick, RIngo Starr, Barbara Streisand, Buddy Guy, Loretta Lynn, Bob Dylan, Bobby Rush, Dion DiMucci, Nana Mouskouri, Clarence Carter, Dolly Parton……..all musicians with plenty of cred. Do you know any say Dove Award winners and prolific song writers with a great voice,” great personality, a really nice guy..” who might fit this bill?

        1. those names have a higher credibility than any CCM artist with very few exceptions. So they likely have financial backers. It took me 14 albums to reach a platinum status. Not nearly the same kind of success. In CCM new christian artists are seldom even aware of the older ones!

  10. Hey Bryan, that’s such a great song and so well written. Great messages like that comes straight from the soul. And that’s the best kind. I’ve always thought you had an outstanding voice and have written great songs. And to be honest with you, I’m very honored to have gotten to know you on a personal level and as my Twitter friend, and I’ve told my friends and family that your very friendly and approachable. And I’m glad to support you when I can, it’s been a strange year for me too. And again, to be honest with you, you inspire me more now than you did before. I still believe God has such great things in the store for you and Cass, and it will unfold. I’m still believing you are going to touch countless lives. And Trust me, I know exactly what it’s like to deal with sickness in yourself and your wife and to have almost no money because of it. Anyway, God bless you and Cass and your entire family, y’all have been a great blessing to me my friend. And I wish you a very merry merry Christmas, and keep writing. Your podcast is a great idea!!

    1. Thanks for the kind words.. this was a God whisper after hearing a news report about podcasting being a source of income. and I had a friend who had been podcasting for years as a ‘second job’ he helped me set everything up and I was off in a matter of two weeks.

  11. Brotha, as a Dad having known the emotional drain of having your children leaving the nest. When my oldest daughter left and got married, I literally went into her room everyday for more than 3 months crying and sobbing…. T’was a hard season indeed, BUT we live to fight another day and I tell ya Bryan I can hear what I think to be the sadness, heartbreak emptiness and at the same time the pride(the good kind)that you feel when they spread their wings and successfully fly towards their destiny…. Love this song brotha!!

    1. Thanks for sharing. My sons were a little different, I was just happy to get them off my car insurance. They wrecked a car lot LOL. I’m having these great conversations now with that kid in the song. about faith and facing uncertainty and disillusionment around religion. And he says “I’d rather be a christian like you than most of the ones I’ve seen”

      1. Bryan – just like you, I did tear up listening to this song. I know how much our kids mean to us, and like you, life’s not easy and my relationship isn’t always what I want it to be with them. Even though they disappoint me with choices made, they’re still my children and I love them dearly. Keep writing and singing. I want so badly for you to record your Christmas album, A Sentimental Christmas.

        1. Thanks Rob.. I do have a producer who wants to produce out Ring In The Wrapping.. free of charge. but I do hope to find a chance to record Christmas Card and Baby’s Hand .. but there has to be new vision for where it might go.. music biz is just not the same place.

  12. Wow- this song really packs an emotional punch!
    Such fantastic writing, and beautiful delivery!
    I agree with the rest- I’m praying for your Sentimental Christmas album to get produced!

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