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Favorite Christmas Hymns (or carols)?
12/23/09 | Sopater

Posted on 12/23/2009 9:25:46 AM PST by Sopater

What is your favorite Christmas Hymn?


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KEYWORDS: carols; christmas; hymns
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O Holy Night
1 posted on 12/23/2009 9:25:47 AM PST by Sopater
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To: Sopater

Mary, Did You Know?, Oh Come All Ye Faithful, Beautiful Star of Bethlehem, all of them!


2 posted on 12/23/2009 9:27:16 AM PST by Jedidah
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To: Sopater

HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING,
GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING...


3 posted on 12/23/2009 9:28:24 AM PST by SGCOS
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To: Sopater

Dradel, Dradel.


4 posted on 12/23/2009 9:28:45 AM PST by urroner
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To: Sopater
Definitely my all-time favorite there, Sopater.

Bing Crosby's version of "Do You Hear What I Hear?" is another sentimental favorite of mine.

5 posted on 12/23/2009 9:29:08 AM PST by Alberta's Child (God is great, beer is good . . . and people are crazy.)
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To: Sopater

“Oh Holy Night” by Josh Groban


6 posted on 12/23/2009 9:29:25 AM PST by albie
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To: Jedidah

O Holy Night, specifically by Michael Crawford of Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera
and this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEAOySV2aBg


7 posted on 12/23/2009 9:29:29 AM PST by Shimmer1 (Merry Christmas!)
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To: Sopater

ABSOLUTELY!!
“O Holy Night” gets me every time. I have many favorite carols, but none so beautifully – and correctly — summarizes the true meaning of Christmas.
What wonderful words:

“Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
till He appeared and the soul felt His worth.”
A thrill of hope the weary soul rejoices,
For yonder breaks the new and glorious morn,
Fall on your knees,
Oh, hear the angel voices!
Oh, night divine,
Oh, night when Christ was born!”

It’s all there, isn’t it? The sin of this fallen world! The salvation from that sin Christ offers all! The need for us to surrender to Him and His Grace for that salvation! Yeah, it’s all there!!


8 posted on 12/23/2009 9:30:16 AM PST by Dick Bachert (THE 2010 ELECTIONS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN OUR LIFETIMES! BE THERE!!!)
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To: albie
“Oh Holy Night” by Josh Groban

Definitely!
9 posted on 12/23/2009 9:30:41 AM PST by Sopater (I'm so sick of atheists shoving their religion in my face.)
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http://nethymnal.org/htm/g/b/g/gbgohigh.htm

GLORY BE TO GOD ON HIGH
Charles Wesley - 1745

Glory be to God on high,
And peace on earth descend;
Now God comes down, He bows the sky,
And shows Himself our Friend!
God the invisible appears,
God the Blest, the Great I AM,
He sojourns in this vale of tears,
And Jesus is His Name.

Him by the angels all adored,
Their Maker and their King;
Lo, tidings of their humbled Lord
They now to mortals bring;
Emptied of His majesty,
Of His dazzling glories shorn,
Our being’s Source begins to be,
And God Himself is born!

See the eternal Son of God
A mortal Son of Man,
Now dwelling in an earthly clod
Whom Heaven cannot contain!
Stand amazed, ye heavens, look at this!
See the Lord of earth and skies
Low humbled to the dust He is,
And in a manger lies!

So do the sons of men rejoice
The Prince of Peace proclaim,
With Heaven’s host lift up our voice,
And shout Immanuel’s Name;
Our knees and hearts to Him we bow;
Of our flesh, and of our bone,
See-Jesus is our Brother now,
And God is all our own!


10 posted on 12/23/2009 9:30:43 AM PST by Above My Pay Grade ("I don't have a whole lot of mercy for the bad guys, I'm on the good guys' side." -Sarah Palin)
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Too many to name.

But when I hear “Jingle Bell Rock” on the radio, I know it’s the commercial Christmas season. FWIW.


11 posted on 12/23/2009 9:31:24 AM PST by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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O HOLY NIGHT ... hands down, or hands UP.


12 posted on 12/23/2009 9:32:25 AM PST by JFC
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Ring Christmas Bells!


13 posted on 12/23/2009 9:33:03 AM PST by Marie2 (The second mouse gets the cheese.)
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To: Sopater

DITTO to “O Holy Night”! That’s my #1 Favorite.

I also love “What Child Is This?” and “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing”

In terms of secular songs: “Carol of the Bells” and “White Christmas”


14 posted on 12/23/2009 9:33:48 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege ("When I survey the wondrous cross...")
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To: Dick Bachert

Yes... it’s all there, and the melody is the icing on the cake.


15 posted on 12/23/2009 9:34:38 AM PST by Sopater (I'm so sick of atheists shoving their religion in my face.)
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Joy to the World. It is so hopeful, and well, joyful. The Lord is come- let Earth receive her King.


16 posted on 12/23/2009 9:36:00 AM PST by philled (A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.-- GB Shaw)
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To: Dick Bachert

You nailed it. IF we did fall on our knees as a nation, we would see big changes in this world.


17 posted on 12/23/2009 9:36:00 AM PST by JFC
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To: Sopater
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
18 posted on 12/23/2009 9:36:21 AM PST by madison10
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To: Sopater

I would ave to go with “Joy to the World”


19 posted on 12/23/2009 9:36:31 AM PST by confederateone
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Too many to name, but O Come All Ye Faithful has always been my favorite - it’s so grand, but I also love O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Still, Still, Still, and Silent Night.

Also, if you’ve never heard it, there’s a song, which you can get on itunes sung by Julie Andrews called ‘The Lamb of God,’ this is an absolutely beautiful song! Wish more people knew this one.


20 posted on 12/23/2009 9:37:32 AM PST by americanophile (Merry Christmas!)
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