FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS CAROL # 5 - THE CAROL OF THE BELLS

 

THE CAROL OF THE BELLS (Zvoncekova Koleda)

Traditional Ukranian

Hark how the bells,
sweet silver bells,
all seem to say,
throw cares away

Christmas is here,
bringing good cheer,
to young and old,
meek and the bold,

Ding dong ding dong
That is their song
With joyful ring
All caroling

One seems to hear
Words of good cheer
From ev'ry where
Filling the air

Oh how they pound,
raising the sound,
o'er hill and dale,
telling their tale,

Gaily they ring
while people sing
songs of good cheer,
Christmas is here,

Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas,
Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas,
On on they send ,
on without end,
their joyful tone to every home
Dong Ding dong ding, dong Bong

THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL

 

If you seek a special gift

The greatest gift of all

Don’t look beneath your tree

It was never there at all

The greatest Christmas gift

Was given to us all

The Christ child in a manger

In a lowly cattle stall

DECEMBER REMEMBRANCES

 

Every year during the festivities

I remember friends and family

Those who are no longer with us

To celebrate another Christmas

And with each passing December

It seems there are more to remember

But I take time in equal measure

To enjoy each moment and to treasure

Those special ones who are still here

Whose number also grows year on year

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS PERFECTION (2018)

 

When she was a child, Darcy (Caitlin Thompson), had no control over the Christmases with her argumentative parents Bill and Sylvia (Gary Hetzler and Norma Sheahan), so it was perhaps unsurprising that she grew up to be a Christmas control freak.

In fact she was so obsessed with Christmas perfection that she actually lost sight of what Christmas actually meant and what was really important to her.

Its only when she finds herself magically transported into what she always believed to be her ideal of the perfect Christmas Village that she learns that 'perfection' isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Darcy’s love interest comes in the form of Brandon and Tom (James Henri-Thomas and Robbie Silverman) in this quirky Christmas offering.

FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS CAROL # 4 - JOY TO THE WORLD

 

JOY TO THE WORLD

Words by Isaac Watts and Music by  Lowell Mason

 

Joy to the world, the Lord is come!

Let earth receive her King;

Let every heart prepare Him room,

And heaven and nature sing,

And heaven and nature sing,

And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.

 

Joy to the world, the Savior reigns!

Let men their songs employ;

While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains

Repeat the sounding joy,

Repeat the sounding joy,

Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

 

No more let sins and sorrows grow,

Nor thorns infest the ground;

He comes to make His blessings flow

Far as the curse is found,

Far as the curse is found,

Far as, far as, the curse is found.

 

He rules the world with truth and grace,

And makes the nations prove

The glories of His righteousness,

And wonders of His love,

And wonders of His love,

And wonders, wonders, of His love.

CHRISTMAS ALPHABET

 

Angels from on high

Behold we bring news

Christ is coming

Do not be afraid

Emmanuel is coming

Follow yonder star

Go to Bethlehem

Hosanna God be praised

 

In the town of Bethlehem

Jesus was born

Kneeling shepherds before him

Lowing beasts in attendance

Magi from the east

Noel, noel, noel

 

On the first morning

Peace came to the world

Quelling fear and pain

Rekindling the light

Saviour son of God

The prince of peace was born

Uniting the world

 

Verily the most

Wondrous of times

Xmas festival of love

Yule tide of good will

Zion brought to earth

PLASTIC CHRISTMAS

Now Dasher, Now, Dancer

Now Prancer and Vixen

On Comet, On Cupid

On Donner, On Blitzen

So the plastic Santa’s say

Down at the mall

But shoppers have a verse

That serves one and all

Now charge it, now defer it

No cash and No cheques

On store card, on visa

On MasterCard and A-mex