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His name always makes me laugh. But to READ the name in print is almost more fizzy fun than to merely hear it said. Still, an immortal Christmas classic that requires no introduction. Recommendable, for the right audience. A Christmas Carol (2009). An animated film made by Disney. A reasonably faithful adaptation, with many direct quotations and stars like Carrey, Oldman and Firth performing voice acting. Remarkable special effects and action scenes that not necessarily go well with the book. Recommendable mostly for children, and adults with a child at heart that don’t mind going a bit off script. This popular carol was written by Canon Michael Perry while he was a student at Oak Hill Theological College. He was one of the country's leading contemporary hymn writers. He died in 1996. See Amid the Winter's Snow Based on a traditional English folk song, there are conflicting stories about the metaphorical meaning of the ‘three ships’, from real ships carrying the relics of the three Magi, to camels which were called ‘the ships of the desert’.
His commentary on Victorian life and his social criticisms are known to be key aspects of his books, and I can now attest to that fact! It is required of every man,” the Ghost returned, “that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death. It is doomed to wander through the world…and witness what it cannot share, but might have shared on earth, and turned to happiness!” The editors of The English Hymnal have noted that ‘it would be impossible to print all of the tunes which are traditionally sung to this hymn’. This may be because for a significant period of the 18th century this was the only Christmas hymn that was permitted to be sung in church. I don´t know where this kind of moral storytelling originated, probably tens of thousands of years ago when the first shaman or chief thought it would be cool to use vision, prophecy, the power of dreams, imagination and a grain of indoctrination to communicate the right behavior to her/his people. Ethics and moral are important, omnipresent, and timeless topics that shouldn´t be reduced to the few holidays of different religions to give people, working against the interests of humankind to enrich themselves the whole year, a bad conscience (as if this would be possible, as if they would even realize what monsters they are as they don´t directly kill, but just indirectly support the misery by playing key roles of a dysfunctional system), but used in everyday life, politics, and every single decision. Ok, before it gets completely unrealistic, I´ll better end this review.
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Christmas carols in predominantly Catholic Philippines exhibit the influence of indigenous, Hispanic and American musical traditions, reflecting the country's complex history. Carollers ( Tagalog: Namamaskô) begin wassailing in November, with mostly children and young adults participating in the custom. The haunting melody accompanies even more haunting subject matter, taken from the gospel of Matthew, which recounts the ‘Massacre of the Innocents’ when King Herod set out to kill the infant Christ. The minor mode of the original melody still transfixes congregations and choirs alike. This uplifting Advent carol was a relatively recent addition to the canon of Christmas music, written by Roman Catholic composer Bernadette Farrell in the early 1990s. It describes the waiting for Christmas as a journey through darkness towards light.
See Amid The Winter’s Snow is a carol written for Christmas Day, with the celebratory lyrics, ‘Hail thou ever blessed morn’ to welcome the newborn Christ. The melody was written by John Goss, then organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral. The words are set to the 16th century French tune Branle De L’Official which was originally a stately dance. Nowadays, thanks to the addition of a soaring Gloria from George Ratcliffe Woodward, it has become one of Christmas’ most rousing sings. In Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, where it is the middle of summer at Christmas, there is a tradition of Carols by Candlelight concerts held outdoors at night in cities and towns across the country, during the weeks leading up to Christmas. First held in Melbourne, "Carols by Candlelight" is held each Christmas Eve in capital cities and many smaller cities and towns around Australia. Performers at the concerts include opera singers, musical theatre performers and popular music singers. People in the audience hold lit candles and join in singing some of the carols in accompaniment with the celebrities. Similar events are now held all over Australia, usually arranged by churches, municipal councils, or other community groups. They are normally held on Christmas Eve or the Sunday or weekend before Christmas. A similar recent trend in South Africa and New Zealand are for smaller towns to host their own Carols by Candlelight concerts. The minister Philip Brooks wrote this carol after a visit to Bethlehem in 1865. He asked their church organist to compose the melody. The carol has since become of the most-performed Christmas songs the world over. The carol is actually sung to a different tune in the United Kingdom, by the iconic British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. The words for this carol were written by Mrs Cecil Frances Alexander who also wrote the words to ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’. There is nothing quite as Christmassy as hearing the soaring voice of a treble singing the solo at the beginning of this piece. In fact, the tune has been the first carol sung in the annual ‘Carols from King’s’ service in Cambridge for the last 95 years.
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The third is dark, solemn and scary, reflecting Scrooge’s fears of death and also the sadness that will emanate from him if he does not change, but also with an indistinct face and shape, perhaps suggesting the potential malleability of the future. Ashley, Judith (1924). "Mediæval Christmas Carols". Music & Letters. 5 (1): 65–71. doi: 10.1093/ml/V.1.65. ISSN 0027-4224. JSTOR 726261. in Ukrainian) Український пасічник [ uk] [ Ukrainian Beekeeper]. volume VII, no. 1, January 1934, p. С. 1. [ full citation needed] Words: Charles Wesley, adapted by George Whitefield Tune: Vaterland, in deinen Gauen from Festgesang by Felix Mendelssohn
The original Latin translation, ‘Adeste Fideles’ is said to have a connection to subversive Catholic ideas at the time of the Jacobite Rebellion. The Jacobite meaning of the carol gradually faded with the cause, but this hymn remains one of the most uplifting sings of the Christmas period. This week I found myself with a few extra hours and finally read the novella. Wow. I’m very glad I did. Here are some thoughts: In the past I have viewed the temporal structure of the tale (ghost past, ghost present, ghost future) as an effective but obvious device. But the more I think about it, the more profound it seems, psychologically and spiritually. This, after all, is the pattern of every true conversion, the manner in which we grow in sympathy toward our fellow human beings: we reflect upon the emotionally charged sense impressions of the past, observe their consequences for good or ill manifested in the present, and then—on the basis of these observations—we make a decision to act in a new way, a way which draws us grow closer to love. Certainly St. Augustine would have understood, for it was how he envisioned the Trinity, as a model of love in action: memory, understanding, and will. It is our reality as humans that most of our lives exist in what we can remember. After all, we have control only of the instant second, and already, that second is passing. All of our eSongbooks are supplied with a single user licence which allows the Words on Screen™ software to be installed on ONE computer only, or be streamed by a single user.This Welsh carol starts with the exhortation to ‘come together and cheer as one, Hallelujah!’ Versions have been released by several well known Welsh artists including Bryn Terfel and Iestyn Jones. This carol tells of the Bohemian Duke and Martyr ‘Wenceslaus’ who was converted to Christianity in the 10th century. The tune is actually from a spring ‘carol’ originally found in the same medieval songbook as ‘Gaudete’.
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