A Story of Love, Peace and Forgiveness
by Jon Anderson (1996)

In the silence of a dark winter's night, a boy, eight years old, sits sadly in the corner of his home looking at the small plastic Christmas tree and listening to his parents arguing in the kitchen. He hears a song on the radio,

Save all your love
To be a better child
To be a better child
This one act of good
Blessed forever
Blessed forever
Midnight singers, midnight high
Sister Mercy coming through
Midnight hymns, midnight songs
Bringing all that's pure to light
Bringing all pure love of life

He wanders out of the building, out into the drizzle. People are rushing about in the city streets. Cars are screeching, so many bright lights, so many noises, people drinking, eating, last minute shopping. He turns a corner near the small park. There on the ground is a homeless family asleep in their cardboard home. "It's no use. This can't be Christmas," he says. "Where's the love and real warmth and happiness?" At that moment, he hears sobbing in the bushes, ”it sounds like a little girl. He pushes back the branches, and there she is, all dressed in silver and gold and sparking in a beautiful way. "Why are you crying?, he asks. She looks up and tells him a story you would not believe.

She was born in 2010, a time in the future where there is no Christmas, because people stopped "believing" in 2006, the year of disaster, the year when the stars disappeared. She had come back to 1996 from 2020 to discover Christmas and find the seven-pointed star she believed would bring back the true meaning of Christmas for all the people of the world. She said she needed to visit seven places of this known world to collect each point to the "Star of Love."

First they must go the jungles of the Amazon. The boy smiles and discovers how to inter-dimensionalize." She takes him by the hand and BOOM! There they are in a jungle surrounded by sounds and wonderful music, "This Glowing Earth".

Jingle chimes the greeting nature majesty
Of the One Supreme who enlightens our very being
in this glowing Earth
Set it up to the moon
Set it up to the stars
Seeking all of the world
To the wisdom of love
See the nature abound
Super nature abound

They meet with local indigenous children who give them the first "star piece."

They then dive deep into the ocean at Bimini (Atlantis) and are surrounded by dolphins and sea nymphs who sing "Under the Sun" and bring them the next "star piece."

You hold a power so unique
You have the power to change your world
Same chance
Same steps along the way
Same chance
Same time

They then go to Kauai and sitting very quietly see the tree fairies and the wonderful nature spirits who dance and sing for them, "I'll find My Way Home."

Your friend is close by your side and speaks in far-ancient tongues
A season's wish will come true; all seasons begin with you
One world we all come from
One world we melt into one
No question I'm not alone
Somehow I'll find my way home

Then a 10-foot Shining One comes to them and brings them the next "star piece."

They move on and fly through the air with doves, eagles and swifts singing "Change We Must."

Coming thru vision
Coming thru wisdom
Coming together, this love
Giving me daytime
Giving this nighttime
Bringing within me
This love.
We will witness this song, we will sing
We belong to the world Our Mother so Divine
We live again
This is here, this is now, this is love
This is life that surrounds
Change we must to live again

A very special wind angel brings them another "star piece."

They go the distant desert to listen to the song of the earth children, "Take the Water to the Mountain", sung by Bedouin children and are given another "star piece."

Take the water to the mountain; take the river to the sea
Let the forest be salvation long before it needs to be
Take the water to the mountain; let's become a light again
Holy water, Holy mountain
Holy River, Holy tree

Then onto the mountains. "Where were You" is sung by the children of shepherds who bring another "star piece' and at least the journey is near complete.

Glory days upon the Earth
This the song of Heaven
When at last the spell is heard
All around us feel forgiven

They are visited by "True Angels" who give them the final "star piece." "Ave Verum" is sung, and they are told the secret of Christmas, which is,"

"You are Christ inside. Krishna was a Christ. Mohammed was a Christ. Buddha was a Christ. Jesus was a Christ. You are the Gift of Life. You are the Gift of Love. You have the power within to give the Christ Love everyday. You see the world as you want to. Whether you know or not, Christ is always here, always with us and so is Christmas. You don't need presents. You don't need trees, lights or snow. You only need Love love for yourself. Then you can love others."

So at that moment, the boy woke up from the incredible adventure and was sitting by the tree which was now lit with candles. His mom and dad were smiling and wishing him, "Happy Christmas Son! We love you so much. We are so proud to have you in our lives"

And in the year 2020, a little girl is standing in front of a beautiful tree full of light, singing "Save all your love," surrounded by her loving family. And on top of the tree is a seven-pointed star."

Save All Your Dreams
To Be A Better Child
To Be A Better Child
This One Gift of Love
Came on a Good Day
Came on a Good Day
Bringing all pure love to life