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‘First Noel’ has roots in Latin
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
Editor’s Note Christmas has been described as being one of the few holidays with its own “sound track.” The Times-Gazette today presents the final chapter of our special 12-part series on “The 12 Carols of Christmas,” relating the stories behind some of the best-loved sacred songs of the season.
The word “Noel,” Robert Morgan wrote in “Then Sings My Soul,” seems to be of French origin with roots in Latin.
In Latin, the word “Natalis” means birthday.
Those old enough to remember old TV commercials may recall the images of Santa riding over snow-covered hills atop a Norelco shaver, with the company cleverly leaving out the ‘R’ in their name and proclaiming “Noelco even our name says ‘Merry Christmas.’”
As California’s hospitals fill, Kirk Cameron hosts another unmasked Christmas caroling event
The event took place at the parking lot of a mall with largely unmasked crowds of people singing in close proximity to one another. Kirk Cameron in an Instagram post prior to a caroling event on Dec. 13, 2020. Video screengrab
December 23, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) The actor-turned-evangelical Christian activist Kirk Cameron led a large outdoor Christmas caroling event Tuesday night (Dec. 22) in Thousand Oaks, California, despite a COVID-19 surge that is filling hospital beds across the southern part of the state.
The event, which took place in the parking lot of The Oaks mall, about 40 miles west of downtown Los Angeles, drew between 75 and 150 people, according to television news reports, which showed largely unmasked carolers singing in close proximity. A video posted on Cameron’s Instagram showed carolers in Santa Claus hats holding candles and singing “The First N
It isn t "Christmas as usual" this year. Covid-19 has resulted in restrictions on movement and social contact and, on top of that, there is a great deal of uncertainty, as well as the daily reports of the number of people who have been hospitalised and the number of Covid-19-related deaths.
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