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Christ The Lord Most Glorious

John Antes
(Moravian) 18th century
Christ the Lord, the Lord most glorious now is born,
O shout aloud:
Man by Him is made victorious.
Praise your Savior, hail your God.
Praise the Lord, for on us shineth,
Christ the Sun of righteousness;
He to us in love inclineth,
Cheers our souls with joy and grace.
Praise the Lord, whose saving splendor
Shines into the darkest [...]

Christmas (hope you’re not)

Hope you’re not disappointed
In the way things turned out
Can we be starry-eyed
Still lovers after all this?
Love was hard to find
But we have
Love was hard to find
Wish I could un-do the past
Or free you from it
But I’ll never hurt you baby
Not like that
Don’t stop believing in the future
Or yourself
I don’t know why it happened
But it did [...]

C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S

Jenny Lou Carson and Eddy Arnold
When I was but a youngster,
Christmas meant one thing
That I’d be getting lots of toys that day
I learned a whole lot diff’rent
When Mother sat me down
And taught me to spell Christmas this way:
“C” is for the Christ Child born upon this day
“H” for herald angels in the night
“R” means [...]