Monday, December 25: Silent Night
Monday, December 25: Silent Night One of my fond memories growing up was attending the Christmas Eve Candlelight service at our church with my family. There was usually snow on…
Monday, December 25: Silent Night One of my fond memories growing up was attending the Christmas Eve Candlelight service at our church with my family. There was usually snow on…
Sunday, December 24: O Holy Night O Holy Night, one of the most beloved Christmas hymns, was written in 1847, by Placide Cappeau, at the request of a parish Priest,…
Saturday, December 23: Away In a Manger For what is supposed to be an endearing children’s Christmas carol, Away in a Manger certainly has a complex and conflicted "back story"!…
Friday, December 22: Angels We Have Heard on High This Christmas Carol is a joyous celebration of Christ’s birth on Earth. The celebration was so great that the Angels in…
Scriptures: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11; Psalm 126; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8, 19-28 (Read them online here.)
Thursday, December 21: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one.…
Wednesday, December 20: White Christmas The sun is shining, the grass is green The orange and palm trees sway There’s never been such a day In Beverly Hills, L.A. But…
Tuesday, December 19: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day The song I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day is based on a poem, Christmas Bells, written by Henry Wadsworth…
Monday, December 18: Do You Hear What I Hear? You may have thought this is an old English Christmas song, but it was actually written in October of 1962, surrounding…
Sunday, December 17: I'll Be Home for Christmas Such a haunting melody, popularized by Bing Crosby in 1943, always reminds me of World War II; specifically, the winter of 1944.…