Randall Goodgame at Slugs And Bugs has taken one part Scripture, one part fun, one part nod to A Charlie Brown Christmas, and some familiar seasonal additions to create Slugs And Bug’s second Christmas album, Sing The Bible Family Christmas. Unlike their first Christmas album this one doesn’t have a lot of silliness (the Christmas …
Christians Awake, Salute The Happy Morn is my favourite Christmas Day hymn, I think.
We finished our carols and readings service tonight with Angels We Have Heard On High. I just heard Marina Prior sing the same arrangement of Angels that she sings every year at the Melbourne Carols By Candlelight. It’s a pretty cool arrangement. Here’s Fernando Ortega’s version. A good finish for today and tomorrow’s coming.
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.
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