No shepherds, angels, magi — just ‘Joy!’
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
Carols and a wreath help make the Christmas season bright.
Times-Gazette file photo
Editor’s Note: It’s been said that Christmas is one of the few holidays that has its own “soundtrack.” The Times-Gazette today presents the seventh in a special 12-part series entitled “The 12 Carols of Christmas” that will appear daily through Christmas Eve, relating the history and story behind some of the best-loved sacred songs of the season.
English minister Isaac Watts was 45 years old when he broke with tradition in “Joy to the World.”