Whenever I Hear Julie London Sing “I’d Like You for Christmas”

Whenever I hear Julie London sing

“I’d Like You for Christmas”

I am instantly transported

to that doleful yearning

before you were mine.

Once I heard her

I needed to know

what it would feel like

to slow dance

to this song

with you

in front of the fireplace

on Christmas Eve

in our very own home,

in our very own life.

Now,

more than a decade later,

her whispered plea

still causes me to catch my breath,

close my eyes,

thank God

for this answered prayer,

and wait for the

next Christmas Eve

to slow dance this

with you.