Christmas To Me - 1

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LIM CHOYEON

"Where would I run
But to the throne of mercy
Where would I kneel
But at this cross of grace
How great the love
How strong the hand that holds us
Beautiful, so beautiful"

My eyes bored at the group of people singing on the stage.

It was already Christmas. The church's stage was decorated a lot more than usual, there was a huge white Christmas tree, decorated with blue Christmas ornaments, long blue ribbon wrapped around the tree. There were fake blue presents underneath it, also as decorations.

There were a couple of teenagers giving away free candy canes for children at the entrance of the huge room. They were part of a community.

Speaking of communities...

"Hey, Dara." I called. The girl with wavy black hair turned her head towards me, raising her eyebrows.

"What?"

"Why are you not on the stage? Aren't you supposed to dance with them?" I nodded my head towards the group of girls dancing in blue dresses with pretty makeup, there were five of them.

"I'm not on duty today. I'll be dancing on new year's eve though. You'll come, right? I mean your family is always away around December." Said Dara.

"Yeah, I'll be staying here on new year's eve. My family decided to have a huge gathering in one of my relatives' house."

The sound of drums entered my hearing senses. Instantly, I looked at the guy behind the drum set, bobbing his head along with the beat.

"Nice drumming as always, that Kim Namjoon." I pointed out.

"It's them who's performing anyway. They're always good. Especially Seokjin with the guitar and Yoongi with the keyboard." Dara said, continuing my sentence.

I nodded in agreement. Eventhough the music was on point, there was no doubt that their singing was unrivaled. None of us could deny that they were the best singers in their community.

"So here I bow, to lift You high"

I frowned at the voice. Not that it was bad, it was good. In fact, it was really good. But I couldn't recognize his voice.

No, I haven't seen his face before.

"Lee Dara." I called.

"Yeah?"

"Who's that?" I pointed at the one of the four male who were singing, second one from the left. "He wasn't a part of them."

"Jesus, be glorified
In all things, for all my life
I am Yours, forever Yours"

"Ah, him? That's Jeon Jungkook. A new kid who sings tenor. His voice is really stable, isn't it?" Said Dara.

That day, I've learned that Jungkook was from Busan and had just moved to Seoul to continue his studies. He was eighteen and had just graduated high school. He's currently studying in a performing arts school, or so Dara told me.

And that, was last year.

. . . .

December 25th, 2019.

This Christmas, the tree was covered in red ornaments. They've changed the tree, it wasn't the usual white tree anymore. Instead, it was the classic dark evergreen tree. I wasn't surprised though. Last Christmas, some children ran around the stage at the end of the service. I guess one of them pushed the tree by accident so it fell down the stage and got misshaped.

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