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“Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot?”
If you ask someone to name a classic, holiday song for New Year’s Eve, they’ll probably come up with Auld Lang Syne. When I was a kid, my grandfather would whistle or sing part of the song and I could … Continue reading
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Tagged Auld Lang Syne, christmas carols, New Years Song, Robert Burns, youre-singing-history
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“All Is Calm, All Is Bright”
Wishing you a beautiful and joyous Christmas and holiday season!
“Guide Us To Thy Perfect Light”
One of my favorite Christmas songs is We Three Kings. Written about the same time as Jingle Bells, these lyrics and tune are different than the sleighing song and originally intended for church and religious plays. Based on the Biblical … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, christmas carols, Christmas Music, John Henry Hopkins Jr., we three kings, wise men, youre-singing-history
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“Dashing Through The Snow” – The Story of a Classic Winter Song
The last couple years Jingle Bells has literally started my holiday season. When I help with parlor music at the Drum Barracks Civil War Museum, this is the song that kids love. They might not know The First Noel or … Continue reading
“Now Proclaim” – The Story Of A Scottish Reformer & A Christmas Hymn
What better way to start our December series about traditional Christmas songs (for the fourth year in a row; can you believe it?) than with a hymn opening with word pictures of announcing angels? For Christians, Christmas holds special religious … Continue reading
Glory To The Newborn King
Angels are prominently featured in many traditional Christmas songs, celebrating their message to the shepherds outside Bethlehem on the night of Jesus’s birth. One of the most beloved of these traditional songs is “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.” But did … Continue reading
