SANTA'S SILENT NIGHT
God Dreams and Holiday Wishes do come True;
The story behind this painting centers around a mall Santa named George Amsell. It is about a dream of his and the meaning of Christmas that he shared with me. He told me when he got home at night he is so exhausted that he would sometimes just fall to sleep on his favorite old chair in his living room with his Santa suit still on. Most of the time it seemed he was even to exhausted to dream. But this particular night was different and something both beautiful and amazing was about to happen to him while he slept.
That previous night he had a dream but not just some ordinary dream in that favorite old chair of his. He dreamt of a stable two thousand years earlier and the birth of the Christ child. The same child this mall santa calls his Savior. Falling to his knee’s, a haunting old melody began to fill his ears. It was a sound he was once so very familiar with as a child. The sound of his own mother gently singing him to sleep in the whispered voice of his favorite holiday song, Silent Night. She had once shared with him that this Christmas lullaby always reminded her of Mary and the baby Jesus as she held her newborn in her arms. She said she understood the great love Mary must of felt as she held him in her arms.
As he shared this memory with me a tear began to roll down off his cheek. George missed his mother so much this time of year. But on this night her memory seemed so very much alive. His mother was now right by his side as they both watched Mary hold her baby boy with Joseph right beside her. She then reached for his hand and George told me when he felt her touch he knew this was no ordinary dream. God had granted him a very special Christmas miracle. The touch of his mother’s hand when he needed it the most.
He then wiped off his face and thanked me for allowing him to share his dream with me. It was in that instant that I knew God was speaking to my own heart. "Santa’s Silent Night" was inspired by this gift of a special dream that a lonely mall Santa felt he needed to share with me that afternoon. God’s peace and His joy began to come alive all around me in the sights and sounds of the holiday season. Christmas again felt like it did when I was seven years old anxiously looking out the window of our old home. I remembered the snowflakes falling outside and thinking Santa would soon be visiting us that very night. I felt like a child and that was something I hadn’t felt like in quite a while.
James Robert Kessler
Because of Him Art Ministry 2008
God Dreams and Holiday Wishes do come True;
The story behind this painting centers around a mall Santa named George Amsell. It is about a dream of his and the meaning of Christmas that he shared with me. He told me when he got home at night he is so exhausted that he would sometimes just fall to sleep on his favorite old chair in his living room with his Santa suit still on. Most of the time it seemed he was even to exhausted to dream. But this particular night was different and something both beautiful and amazing was about to happen to him while he slept.
That previous night he had a dream but not just some ordinary dream in that favorite old chair of his. He dreamt of a stable two thousand years earlier and the birth of the Christ child. The same child this mall santa calls his Savior. Falling to his knee’s, a haunting old melody began to fill his ears. It was a sound he was once so very familiar with as a child. The sound of his own mother gently singing him to sleep in the whispered voice of his favorite holiday song, Silent Night. She had once shared with him that this Christmas lullaby always reminded her of Mary and the baby Jesus as she held her newborn in her arms. She said she understood the great love Mary must of felt as she held him in her arms.
As he shared this memory with me a tear began to roll down off his cheek. George missed his mother so much this time of year. But on this night her memory seemed so very much alive. His mother was now right by his side as they both watched Mary hold her baby boy with Joseph right beside her. She then reached for his hand and George told me when he felt her touch he knew this was no ordinary dream. God had granted him a very special Christmas miracle. The touch of his mother’s hand when he needed it the most.
He then wiped off his face and thanked me for allowing him to share his dream with me. It was in that instant that I knew God was speaking to my own heart. "Santa’s Silent Night" was inspired by this gift of a special dream that a lonely mall Santa felt he needed to share with me that afternoon. God’s peace and His joy began to come alive all around me in the sights and sounds of the holiday season. Christmas again felt like it did when I was seven years old anxiously looking out the window of our old home. I remembered the snowflakes falling outside and thinking Santa would soon be visiting us that very night. I felt like a child and that was something I hadn’t felt like in quite a while.
James Robert Kessler
Because of Him Art Ministry 2008
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