This second version is much more intimate. Your solo voice carries through more, and I'm so glad you kept at least some of the harmonies. Just had to add this, my two cents' worth, for what it's worth :-) Superb song, who wouldn't wish for what the lyrics wish for, at Christmas? I know that I, for one, definitely would. You have a way of reading the human soul, and to articulate its hopes and dreams, so well. Bravo. Happy Christmas, once more.