“Angels We Have Heard on High” is a Christmas carol to the hymn tune “Gloria” from a traditional French song of unknown origin called “Les Anges dans nos campagnes.” This is the scene in which shepherds outside Bethlehem encounter a multitude of angels singing and praising the newborn child Jesus the Christ.
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Grandfather Frost in Russia brings gifts on New Year’s.
Read More →“It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” is an 1849 poem and Christmas carol written by Edmund Sears, pastor of the Unitarian Church in Wayland, Massachusetts.
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St. Stephen is honored in Ireland on December 26.
Read More →O Christmas tree, o Christmas treeHow lovely are thy branchesO Christmas tree, o Christmas treeHow lovely are thy branches
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Women in Haiti dress in their most colorful finery on Christmas.
Read More →O holy night the stars are brightly shiningIt is the night of our dear Savior’s birthLong lay the world […]
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La Befana in Italy brings a lump of coal to bad children on Epiphany Eve.
Read More →Sleigh bells ring, are you listenin’In the lane, snow is glistenin’A beautiful sightWe’re happy tonightWalkin’ in a winter wonderland
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The head of the household in Ukraine celebrates “Sviata Vechera” (Holy Supper) on Christmas Eve on January 6.
Read More →“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” is one of the oldest extant carols, dated to the 16th century or earlier. The earliest known printed edition of the carol is in a broadsheet dated to c. 1760.
Read More →Deck the halls with boughs of hollyFa la la la la, la la la la (fa la la la […]
Read More →O little town of BethlehemHow still we see thee lieAbove thy deep and dreamless sleepThe silent stars go byYet […]
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Pere Noel was the bearer of “luxuries” for French peasants in the Middle Ages. His gifts were left in […]
Read More →What child is this, who, laid to restOn Mary’s lap is sleeping?Whom angels greet with anthems sweetWhile shepherds watch […]
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