Tag: Christmas carol contest

Our Carol Contest Winner (I Guess)

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I posted a carol one morning, just to get the ball rolling in our annual Christmas Carol Contest. “The Hallelujah Chorus,” 26 views that day–I didn’t know it yet, but I had just won my own contest.

So give the prize to the runner-up. Sorry! That would be “Anonymous.” Gee, thanks, WordPress.

My records are not adequate to this challenge. I had to estimate who would’ve come in 3rd if I’d actually been keeping track of third place. I will now announce the contest winner. If you think I’ve got it wrong, don’t bother to tell me.

Erlene is the winner of our 2023 Christmas Carol Contest. Please let me know, Erlene, whether you’d like the autographed book  for your prize, or the red T-shirt that says “If they have to kill us, they’ve lost.” And please let me have your mailing address.

*Sigh*

Carol Contest: Closed

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Well, that’s that for our 2023 Christmas Carol Contest. I have won my own contest. Thanks to WordPress, the runner up is “Somebody,” anonymous.

I never thought third place would be important, so I don’t really know who came in third. If I can find some kind of enlightenment in my records, that reader will win the prize.

Byron was right: I should’ve offered a bicycle as the prize. Or something equally expensive. Live and learn.

One More Carol

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Just to get the ball rolling: The Sans Day Carol, an ancient Cornish carol, by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band.

I am sorry to report that I am still winning my own Christmas Carol Contest, with 26 views, and “Someone” is in second place with 21. And the contest ends today.

No comments, no likes, today.

Well, it can only get better, can’t it?

 

By Request, ‘Little Donkey’

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Here’s a carol requested by Ina–Little Donkey, performed by Kidzone.

Hardly anybody here, yesterday and today. I’m still leading my own carol contest with 26 views. Runner-up is “Someone.” *Sigh*

‘The Holly and the Ivy’

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I’ve still got a big lead in my own Christmas Carol Contest. And the runner-up is “Anonymous.” *Sigh* Must’ve taken a wrong turn somewhere.

The Holly and the Ivy, sung by the choir at King’s College, Cambridge (gee, I wish it would snow a little…)

By Request, ‘Do You Hear What I Hear?’

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Requested by Thewhiterabbit: Do You Hear What I Hear? And for me the classic rendition of this carol has always been this one by Bing Crosby.

P.S.–I’m still leading my own carol contest with 26 views, with “Someone” in second place. A highly undesirable state of affairs.

By Request, ‘I Saw Three Ships’

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Requested by Ina: I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing.

This is a rather unusual rendition by The Fisherman’s Friends, and I don’t know quite what to make of it. I might wind up liking it.

By Request, ‘Angels from the Realms of Glory’

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Requested by Teddy, Angels from the Realms of Glory. I don’t know who these performers are, but whoever they are, may God bless them for their work. This is a carol you can go to town on!

By Request, ‘Jesus Gave to Me’

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I’m happy to say we’ve got more carols coming in.

Requested by Erlene: a new way to sing The 12 Days of Christmas, adapted by Carroll Roberson–“Jesus Gave to Me.”

And we have another one coming right up.

‘Pat-a-Pan,’ in French

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Just to encourage reader response, mind you, I offer Pat-a-Pan by the Stairwell Carollers, Ottawa… singing it in French.  This was on the Christmas program for our 7th Grade Chorus, back in the Bronze Age.

It would be nice to see our Christmas Carol Contest heat up down the stretch.