Yes, we’re still having a Christmas Carol Contest! Here’s the latest entry.
Requested by SlimJim, a Hillsong hymn–King of Kings.
And now I think I’ll have my breakfast.
Tag: Christmas 2022
By Request, ‘Glory’
Sorry the carols are running late today, but at least they’re running.
Requested by Erlene–Glory, by Carroll Roberson.
Yes, Our Lord had glory as a baby. He was born with it.
By Request, ‘Away in a Manger’
Speaking for myself, I don’t think we’ve needed Christmas more than we need it this year.
Requested by Phoebe, Away in a Manger, sung by Kings College Choir: this is the melody they sing it to in Britain. Never fails to bring a tear to my eye.
By Request (Sort Of), ‘The Sussex Carol’
It was “Thewhiterabbit’s” birthday the other day, and he expressed a desire to hear more Christmas carols sung by Maddy Prior. Well, Dave, here’s one of the best!
The Sussex Carol, performed the old-fashioned way by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band.
And hey, everybody! None of the carols you’ve requested has broken the 30-view barrier (that’d be 30 views on the day it was posted). We need our Christmas spirit! Personally, I don’t think I’ve ever needed it more. Let’s keep sharing carols, shall we?
By Request, ‘The Three Drovers’ (Australian Christmas Carol)
Christmas reaches to the ends of the earth. From Australia we have this from my chess buddy, “optimal play”–The Three Drovers: Australian Christmas Carol, sung by the Sydney Motet Choir.
‘On This Day Earth Shall Ring’
I can post a carol, too, I think. And this is the one that entered my mind today–On This Day Earth Shall Ring (Personent Hodie, in Latin. This hymn was included in our seventh-grade Christmas program–and nothing like a cathedral choir to bring it home to us.
Oh, This Day–!
We have to get all this Christmas stuff done, places to go, etc.–and the phone rings and it’s my stepdaughter. They had to euthanize one of their dogs last night. Not nice news. The poor dog was rapidly losing the ability to live with others: every little noise triggered her to attack the other dog. Fighting all the time, and fighting dirty, too. And Georgia had to deal with it all on a broken foot.
Stuff I have to write–but when? And the forecast is that beaucoup horrible weather will descend on us by Thursday. Oh, spiffy. Is our living room ready for a Christmas tree? That’s desperate sardonic laughter in the background.
Well, let’s start by going to the pharmacy to pick up Patty’s medications. And please don’t forget to pray for our friend and brother Mike, who needs to recover from less than perfect surgery. Please, Father–heal him. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
By Request, ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’
I don’t know why it took so long for this old favorite to be nominated, but Phoebe came through for us yesterday–God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, performed by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band.
We still don’t have any carol in the carol contest that got 30 views on the day it was requested–and still plenty of classics that we haven’t heard yet. Let’s get that Christmas spirit rolling!
By Request, ‘Good Christian Men Rejoice’
Somebody else usually requests this hymn, but this year Patty beat him to it. And after all, when your wife requests a hymn, you ought to post it.
Good Christian Men Rejoice, an old-fashioned carol , performed by the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers–and let’s have some carol contest entries, okay?
How Will We Ever Get All This Stuff Done?
We have entered Christmas week–that one week of the year that features the most stuff to do and the least amount of time in which to do it.
Spruce up the apartment, wrap presents; buy a tree, trim the tree; buy Christmas dinner; buy the presents you weren’t able to buy earlier; oh–and keep working!
Huge snowstorm rumored to be on its way. That means beaucoup rain. There will be a panic in the Stop & Shop.
We need a highly-skilled cadre of elves.