A Christmas Story… is a playlist I’ve (re)made from a collection of the best christmas songs and hymns me and my friends could find on Spotify. I arranged the songs to let the lyrics do the telling of the greatest story ever told.
Act 1 – The Angels Come
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
That glorious song of old, from angels bending near the earth, to touch their harps of gold: ”Peace on the earth, goodwill to men, from heavens all gracious King!” The world in solemn stillness lay to hear the angels sing.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
“Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled” Joyful, all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies and with the angelic host proclaim: ”Christ is born in Bethlehem”
Joy To The World
Joy to the World, the Savior reigns! Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains, repeat the sounding joy.
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
From God our Heavenly Father a blessed angel came; And unto certain shepherds brought tidings of the same: How that in Bethlehem was born the Son of God by Name.
Lo! How A Rose E’er Blooming
Isaiah ’twas foretold it, the Rose I have in mind. So then we behold it, the virgin mother kind. To show God’s love aright, she bore to us a Savior, when half spent was the night.
The First Noel
Born is the King of Israel!
As God had promised, Messiah was born. Announced by angels and celebrated by shepards. My favorite bible book, the gospel of John, starts as follows.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
This is what the angels were singing, God had come to earth, Emmanuel had come, God had come to be with us, and with him peace on earth, good will to all men!