A Christmas Gift for You

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1. Richard Harmel says:

   December 25, 2014 at 9:45 am

   Thank you. Merry Christmas!

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2. Debra Tripp says:

   December 25, 2014 at 10:15 am

   Diane, thank you for blessing your readers with this very moving song. Merry Christmas, and God bless you.

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3. Kathleen Migliore-Newton says:

   December 25, 2014 at 11:13 am

   Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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4. john a says:

   December 25, 2014 at 11:13 am

   With your ‘discovery of Leonard Cohen you have entered into a generative music and poetry relationship that will continue to yield fruit for many years. Of course, this greatly pleases me, as I have listened to and Cohen and followed his journeys since ‘way back in the day’ of the mid 1960s.

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5. christmas movies says:

   December 25, 2014 at 11:21 am

   Thanks for the beautiful song. Merry Christmas and thanks a lot for the christmas version song.

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6. mtomas3 says:

   December 25, 2014 at 11:29 am

   Leonard’s is so much better and not so “Jesusy”. If you are someone who doesn’t need some mythological figure to force you to be good, celebrate this holiday with veracity not marketing:
   For Michael Brown, Eric Garner. . . the NYPD? They ought to listen rather than draw more guns.

   “Maybe there’s a God above
   But all I’ve ever learned from love
   Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
   It’s not a cry you can hear at night
   It’s not somebody who has seen the light
   It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah . . .
   did my best, it wasn’t much
   I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
   I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you
   And even though it all went wrong
   I’ll stand before the Lord of Song
   With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah . . .”

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7. Debra says:

   December 25, 2014 at 12:14 pm

   Happy Holidays, Diane. I didn’t discover Leonard Cohen until later in life as well. What a beautiful gift to send to us.
   It has been a tough year for me as I fought on the home front to remind my superiors that we have a union contract that must be adhered to. Then, I was bullied by 2 co-workers who resent the fact that I support our union-without fear. I stood up for union rights and now I stand alone. But I have the satisfaction from knowing that I did the right thing.

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   • dianeravitch says:

     December 25, 2014 at 12:18 pm

     Debra,

     Be strong and know that you followed your conscience without fear. There is. Strength in numbers and in solidarity.

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8. Teacher Ed says:

   December 25, 2014 at 2:35 pm

   Diane, Maybe you heard Leonard Cohen’s songs in the past but just didn’t know they were written by him because, initially, others sang them. Judy Collins popularized many of his songs in the 60s, including “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye,” “The Sisters of Mercy” and “Suzanne” –which they sang together in the 70s here:

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9. flos56 says:

   December 26, 2014 at 1:25 am

   Thank you, Diane. What a wonderful way to finish out my Xmas Day.

   Happy Holidays to you all.
   Ellen T Klock

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