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Oh, That Carol Contest

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A fine mess I’ve stumbled into: I’m leading my own Christmas Carol Contest and there’s no help from No. 2 because he or she is Anonymous.

So I am extending the contest to New Year’s, hoping that somewhere along the way an actual reader will take the lead. Remember the rule: the prize goes to the reader who requests the Christmas hymn that gets the most views on the day it’s posted.

I’m leading the pack with 26. As the sponsor of this contest, I’m not supposed to win.

Well, let’s see if I can get the ball rolling today…

By Request, ‘Joy to the World’

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Requested by Katheleen, and I’d have been sorry for Christmas Day to go by without it–Joy to the World, sung by the Libera Boys Choir at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh, Ireland.

(I wonder how many churches and cathedrals in Ireland are named for St. Patrick.)

By Request, ‘I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day’

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Again, everybody, Merry Christmas!

Requested by Thewhiterabbit, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day–and listen to the lyrics. God does not sleep, He cannot fail. He will carry out His work of peace and righteousness… and He will heal us.

Sung by Johnny Cash.

By Request, ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’

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Here’s another one requested by Michele Dumas (well, I did say request as many as you please): God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, performed a capella by Pentatonix.

By Request, ‘O Holy Night’

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I admit I can’t get past the metal music; but for those who can, we have Dan Vasc performing O Holy Night, requested by Michele Dumas. And she has another, too, which I’m going to get to forthwith.

By Request, ‘Child of the Poor’

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Christmas Eve! Some of you, unavoidably, are very, very busy today. But I hope we can inject some brio into our Christmas Carol Contest.

Requested by Thewhiterabbit: Child of the Poor, by The Fox & The Hound.

More to come!

By Request, ‘How Many Kings’

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Here’s one I haven’t heard before, requested by Maxine and entered into our Christmas Carol Contest–How Many Kings, by Downhere.

Folks, “Someone” aka “Anonymous” still leads the pack with 22 views. How am I supposed to award a prize  to “Anonymous”?

By Request, ‘Silent Night’

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Excuse me while I wipe away a couple tears. The beauty of this carol, the beauty of Christmas, is not something to be taken stoically.

Requested by Phoebe: Silent Night, sung by the Yoder Family.

(These last two carols are a little late–but I trust they can never be too late.)

By Request, ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’

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At last, some hymn requests–entered into our Christmas Carol Contest.

Requested by Erlene: O Come All Ye Faithful–and I don’t think anyone’s going to do it better than Nat King Cole.

[P.S.–I got the tree lights up. Huff-puff-pant. Decorations tomorrow.]

‘Away in a Manger’ (British Melody)

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Well, no hymn requests, no Christmas carols, this morning–not yet. Let me treat you to Away in a Manger, played by our dear friends and colleagues, Joshua and Jeremy.

And so “Anonymous,” aka “Someone,” is still leading in our annual Christmas Carol Contest. How the heck can I award a prize to “Someone”?

Sure we can do more than 22 views…