Maggie's Farm

Many years ago, a local columnist wrote about this hymn and how it reminded her of her childhood days in the Peace River area of Alberta. Her family lived on a homestead, and she remembered how her parents as well as all the other farm folk, would come together for Christmas concerts both at school and church. Fuel and food would be brought in by the families, and despite the cold weather (it's -20 Centigrade which translates to -4 Fahrenheit right now and that's not bad) and dark (sunrise tomorrow 9:15 am and sunset 4:26 pm), those were good times. There would be more nasty weather before the spring arrived but, perhaps because of the dark, Christmas time was for her the "bleak mid-winter" and the families actions a candle in the dark. And, yes, there was snow.