Please post your favorites!
Down with OCP!
Where is “O Holy NIght?” This is by far my favorite carol. I am humbled when listening to it.
BUMP!
That doesn't sound right. Why should a Catholic flee a Catholic country like France just because a Catholic Country like Scotland is revolting against England? And why should the fleeing Catholic go to a Protestant country like England?
Joy to the World is always sung as the closing hymn at funerals in my husband’s family.
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.
Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
Some of my favorite Hanukkah songs that didn’t quite make it.
“Oi To The World”
“Come On Baby Light My Menorah”
“Matzo Men” by The Lower East Side Village People
“Enough With The Jingle Bells Already”
“Deck The Halls With Balls Of Challah”
And my favorite: “Silent Night,.... I Should Be So Lucky”
What, no story about “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”—!!
It’s really awesome to see when the carols were written and how they hold up through the years.
Jesus was born a Savior On a starry winter's eve Born of the virgin, Mary Still there's some who don't believe All those who hated Jesus Nailed Him to a cross All those who truly loved Him Suffered their greatest loss When three days had come and gone Jesus came to say Do no cry for I am here Believe in Me and I'll be near Then the whole world will praise Him As they shout on bended knee, Jesus, you are my Savior You alone have set me freeThe kids love to sing this at Christmas time each year.
My favorite “Do you hear what I hear” did not make the list. UGH!!!!!!
Advent.
Not Christmas.
Not yet, anyway ...
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
Refrain
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Wisdom from on high,
Who orderest all things mightily;
To us the path of knowledge show,
And teach us in her ways to go.
Refrain
O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory over the grave.
Refrain
O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.
Refrain
O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Refrain
O come, O come, great Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes on Sinai’s height
In ancient times once gave the law
In cloud and majesty and awe.
Refrain
O come, Thou Root of Jesse’s tree,
An ensign of Thy people be;
Before Thee rulers silent fall;
All peoples on Thy mercy call.
Refrain
O come, Desire of nations, bind
In one the hearts of all mankind;
Bid Thou our sad divisions cease,
And be Thyself our King of Peace.
Refrain
O come, O come, Emmanuel And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free Thine own from Satan's tyranny From depths of Hell Thy people save And give them victory o'er the grave Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheer Our spirits by Thine advent here Disperse the gloomy clouds of night And death's dark shadows put to flight. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Key of David, come, And open wide our heavenly home; Make safe the way that leads on high, And close the path to misery. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, O come, Thou Lord of might, Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai's height, In ancient times did'st give the Law, In cloud, and majesty and awe. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.
Man, I love that song.
My favorite is probably “Oh Holy Night”.
Greek Orthodox Christmas Carols—ancient songs in tribute to the Lord!
http://www.halifaxgreeks.ca/school/Kalanta/Handout.htm
This is of the Pontian Christian Greeks singing in their ancient Dialect...they no longer exst in Asia Minor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdqr9HOY9tM
“Silent Night” by the Vienna Boys Choir is the best
Oh golly. I like just about anything by Mannheim Steamroller.
This is the most incredible Christian carol of all simply because Orthodox Christians have survived so much violence against them by Muslims over the years
This one is the Byzantine Hynmn of the Nativity (in arabic)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvjiVam2HO4
Angels We Have Heard on High
Angels we have heard on high
Singing sweetly o’er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.
CHORUS:
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him Whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
Angels We Have Heard on High
Angels we have heard on high
Singing sweetly o’er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.
CHORUS:
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him Whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.