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101 Christmas Bible Verses. 1. “But when the set time had fully come, God sent his son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to ...
The song is now performed by choirs around the world, especially during the Christmas season as a Christmas carol. [ 5 ] Another motivation of the song may have been to Christianize old English winter season songs used in wassailing the apple orchards — pouring out libations or engaging in similar ceremonies to seek fertility of the trees.
Inspirational Bible verses not only serve to mark these occasions but also offer profound wisdom for the journey ahead in 2024. This holds particularly true as we approach the threshold of a New Year.
Well-dressed children watch toys in the shop window of a department store displaying Christmas decorations on December 11, 1946. AFP - Getty Images F.W. Woolworth Company: 1947
Other Christmas cards are more secular and can depict Christmas traditions, figures such as Santa Claus, objects directly associated with Christmas such as candles, holly, and baubles, or a variety of images associated with the season, such as Christmastide activities, snow scenes, and the wildlife of the northern winter.
The Best of Pentatonix Christmas is the first compilation album by American a cappella group Pentatonix. It contains Christmas songs, originally recorded for and included on their holiday albums PTXmas , That's Christmas to Me , A Pentatonix Christmas and Christmas Is Here! , as well as four new songs: " Do You Hear What I Hear?
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context of African Americans in the late 19th century, the hymn is a prayer of thanksgiving to God as well as a prayer for faithfulness and freedom, with imagery that evokes the biblical Exodus from slavery to the freedom ...
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem "Christmas Bells" by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [1] The song tells of the narrator hearing Christmas bells during the American Civil War , but despairing that "hate is strong and mocks the song of peace on earth, good will to men".