CANASTOTA, N.Y. Heritage Baptist Church gave a presentation of the Christmas story, “God with Us,” that emphasized the birth of Christ over Santa Claus and other trappings associated with the season. The title is based on Isaiah 7:14, where Christ is called Emmanuel, or “God with Us.” The play was performed by teenage church […]
Each year, All Classical Portland’s Program Director John Pitman, selects twelve carols from our extensive Festival of Carols library for a deep dive look into their origins. In 2019, we explored holiday classics like “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” and “O Tannenbaum,” while 2020’s post delved into international favorites such as Riu, riu, chiu and Noël nouvelet. In 2021’s list of.
Considered the carol of carols, O Holy Night is French in origin and dates back to 1843 when it started life as a poem by Placide Cappeau. Titled Cantique de Noel, the opening lines went like this. ‘Minuit Chretien, c’est l’heure solemnelle.’ Translated, it read ‘Midnight, Christian is the solemn hour.’ The English lyrics came later when the music critic and minister John Sullivan Dwight translated it into O Holy Night in 1855. It has since then become one of the most loved Christmas songs of all time around the world. O Holy Night is one of the oldest and most beautiful traditional Christmas songs of all time. Considered the carol of carols, it is French in origin and dates back to 1843 when it started life as a poem by Placide Cappeau.
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‘O Holy Night’ was translanted from a French carol
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A traditional symbol of the Christmas season, wreaths are made of evergreens to represent everlasting life brought about by the birth of Jesus, while the circular shape of the wreath symbolizes God, with no beginning and no end.
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Editor’s Note It’s been said that Christmas is one of the few holidays that has its own “sound track.” The Times-Gazette today presents the 11th installment of a special 12-part series entitled “The 12 Carols of Christmas” that will appear daily through Christmas Eve, relating the stories behind some of the best-loved sacred songs of the season.