Season of Light- The Mormon Tabernacle Choir with Lea Salonga

Celebrate Christmas with songs and story that embodies the Christmas spirit by watching last 12/12/23 PBS TV show, Season Of Light with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Lea Salonga and Sir David Suchet.   Here's the flyer advertisement from PBS: 

"Prepare to be enchanted, this holiday season when Lea Salonga and Sir David Suchet join forces with The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra. 

 

Watch the performance filled with timeless carols, treasured Christmas songs and a heartwarming story of heroic service. ( Nicholas Winton)
 

Tony Award-winning Disney and Broadway star Lea Salonga ("Mulan," "Miss Saigon") and world-renowned screen and stage actor Sir David Suchet ("Agatha Christie's Poirot") add a touch of magic to this year’s special, Season of Light: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir, making it a truly uplifting and unforgettable holiday celebration.

I watched this 1.5 hour video and I feel enchanted with the carols and specially touched with story of Nicholas Winton who saved more than 600 Jewish Children from the Nazi's by providing them with a British sponsor during the early 1939,  the start of the Holocaust in Poland.  

It also reminded me with a similar story of how 1200 Jewish families were given safe refuge in Manila at the same time period as the Winton story;

https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/02/world/asia/philippines-jews-wwii/index.html

Lea also sang Peaceful World (Payapang Daigdig) in Tagalog, which brought pleasant memories of our  Christmas Caroling Days in Washington DC in the mid 1990's.  Speaking of Lea, I have met her in person in Washington DC when her singing career was at its highest peak after her Miss Saigon Role in Broadway and In London Theatre, UK.  

https://davidclemente.typepad.com/davids-reflections/2020/12/peaceful-world-a-christmas-carol-of-hope-and-peace.html?fbclid=IwAR1l_vjD4y6JpqasKelEipKtql9Sza3AjoQxG2zEmC9hY7yn1A4xMFUw4cs

Here's a photo of Lea and my youngest daughter Ditas at a party my family attended at the  Marriot Hotel (1999) welcoming then former President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada ( 1998-2001) in Washington DC.      

https://chateaudumer.blogspot.com/2012/09/lea-salonga-singer-and-actress.html

Here's the PBS video for your viewing pleasure.

https://www.pbs.org/video/season-of-light-christmas-with-the-tabernacle-choir-1dh3zf/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/christmas-tabernacle-choir/

https://youtu.be/SQyojqPR5cM?si=wArXLLl2gM4RamRM

So what lessons have we learned from the Winston story? To me, its always be kind to others and help others no matter how small or trivial it is not only during the Christmas Season, but also during the whole year round and perhaps the rest of your life.  Merry Christmas Again to All!