In The Bleak Midwinter has some of the finest poetry and music of all Christmas carols. There may be better examples of theology, more memorable phrases and melodic hooks, but Rosetti’s words and Holst’s tune CRANHAM are superb from beginning to end. Shawn Colvin does it complete justice with this rendition.

Oddly enough a couple of versions of I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day bobbed up in my social media today. If you want to read something about the song go to this post by Justin Taylor. There are squillions of versions of this around, though it has fallen from popularity in recent years. I’ve …

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