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 59 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: 45
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!!
I love that Clay ended his concert with this song – it is very much a prayer to me. I missed going to this concert. Thank you for the video and photos – so beautiful! Clay is such a blessing and do love Michael W. Smith also! He deserves all of those awards!
Thank you for the pictures and the video. This is a beautiful song. Thank you CANN.