Donny Hathaway - "This Christmas"

As every Holiday Season, this month I’ll be choosing only Holiday Songs from as many holidays as I can.

Just hearing that delicious horn intro and his velvety smooth voice brings a smile to my face. His legacy lives on in the multitude of musicians that he continues to inspire and influence. His magic is everlasting.

Donny Edward Hathaway was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and arranger whom Rolling Stone described as a "soul legend". His most popular songs include "The Ghetto", "This Christmas", "Someday We'll All Be Free", and "Little Ghetto Boy". Hathaway is also renowned for his renditions of "A Song for You", "For All We Know", and "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know", along with "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of many collaborations with Roberta Flack. He has been inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame and won one Grammy Award from four nominations. Hathaway was also posthumously honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. Dutch director David Kleijwegt made a documentary called Mister Soul – A Story About Donny Hathaway, which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on January 28, 2020.

So today, prepping for the main event, I choose Donny Hathaway’s "This Christmas" as my, fire light laughter, warm wine wishes, tinsel tree dreams, song for a, believe they are better, hope your hardest, prepare with hope, Thursday.