Remember folk, Jesus and the apostles are not recorded as wishing anyone a ‘Merry Christmas’. It’s not an essential according to the Bible. So if someone greets you with one of the seasonal variations, don’t feel constrained to correct their sin of omission or commission. They’ve taken the time to greet you, so cheerily greet …
I love Kate Rusby’s two Christmas albums Sweet Bells and While Mortals Sleep. My introduction came through an appearance on Songs Of Praise where her love of the historical Christmas music of southern Yorkshire and environs was much in evidence. On these albums you’ll hear familiar words to alternate tunes, familiar words to familiar tunes …
Joy, Joy is a new/old Christmas themed song from Isaac Wardell. Wardell’s lyrics cleverly takes us from the manger in the first two verses to the first chapter of John’s gospel in the third, and then ties the themes of the first three verses in a fourth which reflects on Jesus’ later sacrifice. The melody, …
Just watch. So clever and well done. And all you pianists and musos who’ll know what’s coming, just keep quiet and wait till the end.
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