Would you believe I learned this hymn in school? In third grade. In Latin, no less!
Requested by Phoebe: Adeste Fideles, sung by Luciano Pavarotti in 1978 at Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal. Watch close: you may catch him fighting off a tear.
Tag: Christmas 2022
By Request, ‘Adeste Fideles’ (Nat King Cole)
Ina, you asked for Adeste Fideles by Nat King Cole, and here it is! We know there were prombles with O Come All Ye Faithful yesterday. Hopefully this video can be viewed in Scotland at the Philippines.
(I’d love to hear that whole album…)
By Request, ‘Away in a Manger’
Do you feel it yet–the Christmas spirit? You know, I think I do! My soul is drinking in these carols.
Requested by Erlene–Away in a Manger, sung by Nat King Cole. This is the carol’s American melody. Next time I post it, I’ll use the British melody.
Come on, now, don’t be shy! There’s room in this contest for everybody.
By Request, ‘The Holly and the Ivy’
Our Christmas Carol Contest continues with The Holly and the Ivy by the Robert Shaw Chorale, requested by Phoebe.
Hello! If you haven’t entered yet, the contest is open to all, enter as many times as you like–and let’s just blow the cold and dark away with Christmas cheer! What could be better news than this? Jesus Christ our Messiah is come in the flesh!
By Request, ‘Hark the Herald Angels Sing’
I can feel these Christmas carols melting the ice in my soul! What would we do without Christmas?
Requested by Erlene, Hark the Herald Angels Sing. Performed by the Yoder Family, with background sets by God the Father. Written by Charles Wesley in 1739–and still going strong.
I’m saving a couple of these carols for tomorrow morning.
By Request, ‘O Come, All Ye Faithful’
And we have this request from “Thewhiterabbit”–O Come, All Ye Faithful, sung by Nat King Cole. Was he a national treasure, or what?
There are already a couple more carols waiting to be posted… but I think I’ll break for breakfast first.
By Request, ‘Good King Wenceslas’
Next up, requested by Elder Mike–Good King Wenceslas, with lyrics: sung by a “traditional choir” somewhere.
Wenceslas, a duke in Bohemia… “promoted” to king after his death, in recognition of his saintly life.
By Request, ‘Mary’s Boy Child’
Wow! We have five Christmas Carol Contest entries to post today.
Requested by Ina–Mary’s Boy Child, sung by Harry Belafonte. I think this recording is from 1956.
More to come!
By Request, ‘Wise Men Follow Him’
Ah! another entry in our carol contest.
Requested by Erlene: Wise Men Follow Him, by Carroll Roberson.
True, I haven’t yet described the prize in this contest. Simply imagine the most luxurious, desirable thing you can… and then tone it down a lot.
Let the Contest Begin!
Yeah, I know–I opened the starting gate before I let the crowd into the seats. It’s going to be that kind of day. It’s been that kind of month.
So here’s the very first entry in our 2022 Christmas Carol Contest–oh, wait, I already did that. I don’t know what’s the matter with me.
Okay. All Christmas carols are eligible, any carol can be entered more than once–but we are not accepting purely secular carols. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus wouldn’t qualify.
Readers may enter with carol suggestions as often as they please, every day, twice a day, whatever.
The winner will be whoever requests the carol that gets the most views on the day it was requested. It’s a bookkeeping nightmare, but it does allow the leader to change fairly often. The race will always go right down to the wire!