Different Kind Of Christmas

Album: Single Release Only (2014)
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Songfacts®:

  • This Christmas single was inspired by the life and passing of Schultz's father-in-law. Said the singer-songwriter, "We tried to write the lyrics that would reflect the honesty of the emotions we were feeling - that Christmas was still hard, even though we have faith that Kate's dad is with Jesus."

    "We had no idea how many lives this song would touch, but it only makes sense because there are very few people that haven't experienced a loss that makes life a lot different. There are few times in the year when that difference is felt more powerfully than around the holidays."

Comments: 3

  • Sharon Anderson from Macon GaWant to hear your music I’m involved with a Christian Adoption Agency
  • Ramona from NebraskaI heard this song leading up to the first Christmas I was married, just weeks after we buried my father in law. It was exactly what I needed after losing losing my aunt one year, my first husband 10 months later and then my second husband's father 11 months later. This song heals
  • Omb from AzI can’t listen to this song without tearing up. Even as I cry, I feel more full of peace, faith, love and yes hope... than I have felt since my Dad passed this March. Thank You.
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