And here’s the next one–Christmas Is Always, by Carroll and Donna Roberson, requested by Erlene.
The leading carol from Day One is still in front, although it was almost overtaken yesterday by The Holly and the Ivy.
Tag: Christmas 2023
By Request, ‘Mary’s Boy Child’
We have an entry in our Christmas Carol Contest (that’s more like it!): requested by Ina, Mary’s Boy Child, by Boney M.
And we’ll have another in a few minutes.
By Request, ‘It Came Upon a Midnight Clear’
There are many videos of this wonderful old hymn; this one, by the Mennonite Hour Singers, I couldn’t resist.
Requested by Erlene, and entered into the carol contest: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear. First published in 1849 and still going strong.
By Request, ‘The Holly and the Ivy’
Phoebe has an entry in our Christmas Carol Contest: The Holly and the Ivy, sung by Mediaeval Baebes.
Let’s rev up this carol contest, shall we? Look at this world–it needs Christmas! It needs the Good News: Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’
I’m not trying to win my own carol contest… but somebody’s gotta post carols. So let’s post this: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, choir, orchestra, and all, from St. Paul’s Cathedral.
(I hope the contest hasn’t lost its savor…)
By Request, ‘Away in a Manger’
Requested by Erlene, entered into the carol contest: Away in a Manger, sung by Carrie Underwood.
I think this was the first Christmas carol I learned. Seventy-some years later, it was the power to move me to tears.
Yes, we have a Savior.
‘Pat-a-Pan’ (David Archuleta)
It’s taken me all morning to get this hymn posted: to paraphrase Caligula, my computer is revolting.
David Archuleta goes to town on this ancient Burgundian Christmas carol, Pat-a-Pan–one of my favorites.
The Christmas Carol Contest is still being led by a hymn with 20 views on Day 1. But dig this: with thousands of carols to choose from, two readers, in two different countries, asked for the same performance of the same hymn, just minutes apart. How about that!
By Request, ‘When a Child Is Born’
Ina has another entry in our Christmas Carol Contest–When a Child Is Born, sung by Johnny Mathis. Note: You can enter as many times as you please. It’s Christmas-time, and there’s no such thing as too much Christmas hymns.
So far: The leading hymn has 20 views.
By Request, ‘Mary, Did You Know?’
So much work to do today! Let me begin here, with Erlene’s hymn request: Mary, Did You Know?, sung by Carrie Underwood. Such a stack of stuff here… almost lost it. The hymn is now entered into our Christmas Carol Contest.
Carol of the Bells’
Don’t worry, I’m not trying to win my own Christmas carol contest. Just getting the day started: Carol of the Bells, performed by four high school students from the Krentz Cello Studio, plus their teacher… on a walkway over the highway.
Carol Contest News: As of Day 1, the leading carol entry has 20 views.