The things that make Christmas songs great - whether carols, old pop standards or newer enduring hits - are most of the same things that make pop great in general: emotional connection, universal relatability, unshakeable catchiness.īut Christmas music has a wavelength entirely its own, shared by an overwhelming majority of its most recognizable classics: a sort of sublime yearning that’s at once profoundly saddening and deeply comforting.
Luke 2:13,14 - Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest heaven,Īnd on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.".There’s a reason that listeners seem to get more anxious every year for the Christmas music season to start: Nothing else feels quite like it.Psalm 95:6 - Come, let us bow down in worship,.When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child. Luke 2:15-17 - When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about." So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,Ĭome and behold Him, born the King of angels Most modern hymnals use verses 1, 3, and 7 only. Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing: Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning, Who would not love Thee, loving us so dearly? We to the Christ Child bring our hearts' oblations.Ĭhild, for us sinners poor and in the manger, Lo! Star-led chieftans, Magi, Christ adoring, We too will thither bend our joyful footsteps See how the shepherds, summoned to his cradle,
Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation
True God of true God, Light from Light Eternal, O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,Ĭome and behold him, born the King of angels
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