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Heaven’s Hallelujah
A Christ-centered version of the Leonard Cohen classic "Hallelujah". Original arrangement by Garth Smith performed here in a new version for choirs. A nicely made music video with some especially fine visuals.
The conquering hero comes
The majestic “See the Conquering Hero Come”, from Handel’s oratorio Judas Maccabeus, is a Christmastime favorite in Europe - and for good reason.
The light of love shone that December
Andre Rieu dedicates to his wife a new song, written to remember their meeting as young music students.
The Wexford Carol
The Wexford Carol is an ancient Irish song recounting the birth of Jesus Christ.
A rose springs forth
The hymn "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" incorporates multiple symbolic meanings, including that of Jesus Christ, reflecting His divine love and the spiritual connection between believers and God.
God is not dead, nor doth He sleep
When conflict rages, and pain, grief and loneliness overwhelm us, where is the music of hope and peace? For Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the answer to that question had everything to do with Christmas.
Bringing to bloom the Christmas spirit
“To catch the real meaning of the spirit of Christmas, we need only drop the last syllable and it becomes the Spirit of Christ,” Thomas S. Monson teaches. That lesson is brought to life in this story of a young girl who reminds her preoccupied family what matters most this time of year and always.
Remember the life and lessons of Jesus
A brief passage from Charles Dickens work, The Life of Our Lord, which he wrote for his children.
All was calm, all was bright
A brief description of the 1914 Christmas Truce in which German, British, and French troops observed an unofficial ceasefire for Christmas. Includes words of Spencer W. Kimball and dramatization from an old English film.
Church 2015 Christmas message — ‘A Savior Is Born’
In the Church’s 2015 video, A Savior Is Born, children in a variety of locales repeat the “good tidings of great joy” associated with Jesus Christ’s birth.
In the bleak midwinter of old, a stable-place sufficed for God’s Son
Christina Rossetti’s In the Bleak Midwinter is a classic English Christmas hymn.
Still, Still, Still
A beautiful symphonic performance of Still, Still, Still, followed by Bryn Terfel’s reading of the Nativity Story.
Can you hear the distant music?
This may be the most joyous and exuberant Christmas carol you have ever heard!
Did Mary know her baby boy would one day walk on water?
God knew that Mary was a woman of rare strength and obedience. She was the only human being to be with Jesus throughout his entire life — from his birth until his death. She gave birth to him as her baby and watched him die as her Savior.
Resolve for a New Year
“Some day we might look back on our lives and wonder what we could have been if we had believed in ourselves just a little more.”
A voice of mighty thunderings, saying “Alleluia”!
A beloved part of the Christmas tradition for many people is the performance of the Messiah, by Georg Friedrich Händel, with its resounding “Hallelujah Chorus”.
From angels bending near the earth
Here read all five verses of Edmund Sears classic Christmas poem.