Name: Butterfly Christmas (feat. Once Around The Sun & Townsend's Solitaire)
Duration: P00H04M12S
Description: Butterfly Christmas was written as a thank you to Gail Ketterer, Ian and Jason's mother. She lost her brother on Christmas Eve years before Ian and Jay were able to meet their uncle. Yet somehow, their mom was able to make Christmas incredibly memorable every single year, with five kids in the house. So this song is for her and her late but never forgotten brother Dick.

Butterfly Christmas (feat. Once Around The Sun & Townsend's Solitaire)

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Butterfly Christmas was written as a thank you to Gail Ketterer, Ian and Jason's mother. She lost her brother on Christmas Eve years before Ian and Jay were able to meet their uncle. Yet somehow, their mom was able to make Christmas incredibly memorable every single year, with five kids in the house. So this song is for her and her late but never forgotten brother Dick.

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You took that call,
not knowing at all.
This one would bring you to your knees.
How could this happen,
So close to home down the street.

We can't explain why a butterfly dies,
on its way down to the sea.
Or how you could migrate away from the pain just for me.

Cause when it's Christmas time,
you always find,
some way to make us feel loved.
When we know how hard it can be,
on Christmas Eve.

Year after year,
and tree after tree.
Dad stealing cookies from the hot cookie sheet.
While we shake the presents to hear what we could not yet see.

Thanks for your selflessness.
Thanks for your care.
Thanks for cleaning up when we eat.
Thanks to your devotion to this family,
we all know what it means to give not receive.

Cause when it's Christmas time,
you always find,
some way to make us feel loved.
When we know how hard it can be,
on Christmas Eve.

[Choir]

Cause when it's Christmas time,
you always find,
some way to make us feel loved.
When we know how hard it can be,
on Christmas Eve.

Cause when it's Christmas time,
you always find a way.

credits

released December 25, 2023
Among Authors - Main Artist
Ian Ketterer - songwriter, producer, main vocals, piano, mixing, mastering
Townsend's Solitaire - Featured Artist (acoustic guitar)
Once Around The Sun - Featured Artist (backing vocals)
Jason Ketterer - backing vocals
Anukriti Kandhari - backing vocals
Antriksh Kandhari - backing vocals
Diane Knisely - backing vocals

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Among Authors gained notoriety from the likes of Bob Boilen of NPR and Kevin Cole of KEXP after releasing their debut album "I AM BECOME". They've been featured on Emmy award winning live stream series Sessions In Place and have done many regional tours and a national tour which coincided with an invite to Washington DC to perform on NPR Tiny Desk. ... more

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