Posted on 12/17/2025 6:09:32 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6
I grew tired of always having to scramble around to find my favorite Carols, so I took time to gather them onto a single page. Then I went looking for better versions. And then I thought that family and friends might enjoy having their own copy, too, and they’ve been enthusiastic. So, then I thought of my FRiends. These aren’t the secular chestnuts-roasting, fire-so-delightful carols for playing in the background while you do other things (with a couple of exceptions). When you hear/feel/sense the Holy Spirit nudging and inviting you to spend some special, personal time interacting with the Christmas Reason-for-the-Season, here are some real Christmas Carols that can help you do that. These are Carols you can focus on and sing along with, many with on-screen lyrics or closed-captioning. I listened to several versions of each to find my favorites, so this is my list. There are multiple versions of some, so that while there are 46 links, there are only 23 different songs. You might want to bookmark this for this year, and pull it out again next year, like I will. If you’d like a copy of the page which you can download, so that you can customize it and make it your list by adding and removing links, send me a FRmail enclosing your email address and I’ll be happy to provide it. When the Magi were searching for Jesus the newly-born king, King Herod used this verse to direct them to Bethlehem (Matthew 2). I was reading Micah yesterday and decided it was high-time I looked up “Ephrathah”. I knew Bethlehem means “House of Bread,” but what about Ephrathah? It means “Fruitfulness”. Bethlehem was, indeed, fruitful, producing the Bread of Life Himself (John 6). May your Christmas season be Merry, Joyous and Fruitful! Dan "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times." Micah 5:2
What a nice gift! Thank you!
Merry Christmas!
Enjoy!
God bless 🙏🛐🙏✝️
As promised!
And you!
Thanks for your links—I’ll have a listen..
Wow! Thank you!!!
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
Public Domain
Come, thou long expected Jesus,
born to set thy people free;
from our fears and sins release us,
let us find our rest in thee.
Israel’s strength and consolation,
hope of all the earth thou art;
dear desire of every nation,
joy of every longing heart.
Born thy people to deliver,
born a child and yet a King,
born to reign in us forever,
now thy gracious kingdom bring.
By thine own eternal spirit
rule in all our hearts alone;
by thine all sufficient merit,
raise us to thy glorious throne.
You are so kind! Thank you and Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas
Enjoy!
You can pick ‘em!
IMHO, the Kutless one, though that group started in the late 1990's, has a feel that many earlier Christian rock bands in the 1980's did. That is, they compose the music (or tweak the original music) to emphasize different aspects of the lyrics at different parts of the song so that the main points of the message come out. Older Christian bands like Petra and Mylon and White Heart did that a lot. IMHO Stryper didn't do that well in the 1980's during their MTV days. But the songs they've made in the past decade after they came out of retirement seem to be written with lyrics first, music second, so that the Christian message gets the most emphasis.
Glad you like it.
HE is so kind!
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