“I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” is a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem “Christmas Bells” written by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Written during the Civil War it tells of the narrator hearing Christmas bells but despairing that “hate is strong and mocks the song of peace on earth, good will to […]
I was recently reflecting on my most memorable Christmas at 13 years old, from a standpoint of the gifts I received, almost a half century ago now. My folks were fairly frugal and Christmas was my greatest opportunity for games/toys for the year. Mom would generally get me two or three “fun” gifts I could […]
“And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, ‘Fear not, for behold, I […]
The Christmas Carol, Silent Night, was first sung on Christmas Eve of 1818. The assistant priest at the newly established parish of St. Nicholas in Oberndorf Salzburg Austria was Joseph Mohr. Earlier in the day he had handed over to the organist Franz Gruber a poem he had written in 1816 with the request to write […]
Each year we see the familiar nativity scene during the Christmas season. It is a reminder of the “reason for the season” which is the birth of our Savior. I have fond memories as a child of being involved in my Christmas church play about Christ’s birth in the manger (always cast as one of […]
It is Christmas Eve. The night before we celebrate the birth of our Savior. A time when, as C S Lewis said, “The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.” Christmas is a wonderful time of the year. Personally, I enjoy it all – the music, food, gifts […]
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