The final day of the twelve days of Christmas (and this season of Christmas songs) is also known as Ephiphany. The focus (principally) seems to be on the visitors who came to honour the one born to be king. Whether they were kings, wise men, sages, or scholars and whether there were three or more …
This is the second last day of the twelve days of Christmas. An appropriate choice of song is As With Gladness Men Of Old, with its theme of the visitors from afar who came to honour the birth of the one born to be king. Somewhat curiously to me, As With Gladness hasn’t had as …
The name of Jesus is the focus during December 3 in the twelve days of Christmas (in some parts of the church). Sandra McCracken’s version of Jesus, What A Wonderful Child (feat. Cindy Morgan & Gabe Dixon) seems a suitable song for the occasion. The lyrics: Refrain 1. Jesus, Jesus, oh, what a wonderful child …
January 2 in the twelve days of Christmas, and St Basil (the great) gets a shout out today. Here’s a rendition of his hymn by some children. The lyrics are from some pretty Ancient Greek. There are lots of lovely instrumental versions of the tune around.
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