All Year Long
By Michael W. Smith and David Hamilton
This Christmas season
I wish you joy
The wonder
In every girl and boy
I wish you gladness
The warmth and cheer
Of good friends
And family
Gathered near
May children’s laughter
And falling snow
Rekindle sweet scenes
From long ago
May every carol
Each candle bright
Remind you why angels
Sang that night
If trouble finds you
This is my prayer
May peace
Come into your hearts
And make you strong
And I wish you love
The kind to last
All year long
This beautiful song was the encore that Clay Aiken sang each night on his Joyful Noise Tour in 2012. He sings it quietly and whenever I heard him sing the song, I feel like we are sharing a prayer.
All Year Long was written by Michael W. Smith and David Hamilton. Michael included it on his 3rd Christmas album titled, It’s A Wonderful Christmas. It was released in October of 2007. The entire album is filled with beautiful Christmas songs and was recorded with four choirs and a 65-piece orchestra.
The 57 year old Michael W. Smith is a songwriter, singer, author, guitarist, and keyboardist. He is one of the most popular artists in the contemporary Christian music world.
Throughout his career he has received many awards and has some interesting Statistics in the recording industry.
Grammy Awards: 3
Grammy Nominations: 13
Dove Awards: 40
Number One Songs: 28
Albums Sold: 17,210,000
Clay has sung many of Michael’s songs including All Is Well and Welcome To My World.
I am so glad that Clay added All Year Long to his song repertoire in 2012.
The following is a wonderful video of Clay singing this beautiful song!
I hope you enjoyed this beautiful video!!
This song by Michael W. Smith is one of my very favorites – and Clay sings it so beautifully! This Christmas concert when he sang it was the only Christmas Tour I missed seeing. I had tickets for Detroit but they, for whatever reason, canceled it! It was a terrible disappointment ! Michael W. Smith is a truly a wonderful musical artist!
Thank you so much for using "All Year Long" as your subject today and also for the video sung by Clay – you made my day!
I love this song, so meaningful for this Holiday Season! Clays' voice is so moving and effective, I just tear-up with emotions!
Love this! Getting excited to see Clay again on stage.
I remember being at this Clay Christmas concert several years ago. I was sitting in the 2nd seat in the row, when Clay stopped in the aisle to sing this song. I tried to take his picture, but I was so excited and shook up that the picture came out as just a blur!
thank you so very much for using all year long for this Christmas season when clay sings this its so very moving and indeed wonderfull