You'll see that I have "recycled" the words from the Advent Nunc Dimittis by setting them to a different tune: Von Himmel Hoch, or "From Heaven Above to Earth I…
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The "OLD Red Hymnal," AKA SBH, AKA Service Book and Hymnal, was where I first encountered the lovely Christmas carol, "Love Came Down at Christmas." The tune is a gentle…
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I think this was the first hymn paraphrase of the liturgy that I ever did, and it was for a Christmas Eve service at the church where I was the…
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I had fun with this. You can use this as the Prayers of the Church, or as an extended Kyrie, especially on the Sunday after Christmas (when many congregations have…
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The Gloria in Excelsis is the quintessential Christmas carol, being sung over shepherds and flocks near Bethlehem the night of Jesus' birth. This paraphrase of the Gloria (pretty much the…
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