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The "Sussex Carol" is a Christmas carol popular in Britain, sometimes referred to by its first line "On Christmas night all Christians sing".Its words were first published by Luke Wadding, a late 17th-century poet and bishop of the Catholic Church in Ireland, in a work called Small Garland of Pious and Godly Songs (1684).
"Sussex Carol" ("On Christmas Night All Christians Sing") English traditional "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" Robert MacGimsey 1934 Imitates the African American spiritual-style. "This Endris Night" Traditional 15th century "There Is No Rose" 15th-century numerous modern settings, by Benjamin Britten, John Joubert, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, etc. "Torches"
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The Census at Bethlehem by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. O Kerstnacht, schoner dan de dagen (O Christmas Night, more beautiful than any day!) is a Dutch hymn that is usually referred to as a Christmas carol, although it does not refer to the birth of Jesus, but rather to the infanticide in Bethlehem.
In the Christian faith, the 12 days of Christmas are known as the period between the birth of Christ and the three wise men's visit to baby Jesus. It begins on December 25 (Christmas) and ends on ...
The single-movement work of roughly twelve minutes consists of the English folk carols "The truth sent from above", "Come all you worthy gentlemen" and the Sussex Carol ("On Christmas night all Christians sing"), all folk songs collected in southern England by Vaughan Williams and his friend Cecil Sharp a few years earlier. [2]
The quintessential Christmas crush song, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" finally hit No. 1 in 2019—25 years after its initial release! 2. Nat King Cole, "The Christmas Song"
The lyrics mention the ships sailing into Bethlehem, but the nearest body of water is the Dead Sea about 20 miles (32 km) away. The reference to three ships is thought to originate in the three ships that bore the purported relics of the Biblical Magi to Cologne Cathedral in the 12th century. [2]