So my favorite Christmas song is also a Hymn, it is called I heard the Bells on Christmas day. It was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow based on the poem "Christmas Bells". So here are the lyrics to the song, by-the-way this song is amazing on the organ:
"I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
- and wild and sweet
- The words repeat
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
- Had rolled along
- The unbroken song
Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
- A voice, a chime,
- A chant sublime
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
- And with the sound
- The carols drowned
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
- And made forlorn
- The households born
And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
- "For hate is strong,
- And mocks the song
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
- The Wrong shall fail,
- The Right prevail,
I'm sick of songs like let it snow, let is snow, let is snow, they may celebrate winter, but they don't celebrate the Christmas season. The top 10 Christmas songs of 2013:1) All I want for Christmas is you-By Mariah Carrey, 2) Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree-By Brenda Lee, 3)Jingle Bell Rock- By Bobby Helms, 4)The Christmas Song by Nate King Cole, 5) A Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives, 6) Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano, 7)It the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams, 8)White Christmas by Bing Crosby, 9)Chritmas Eve by The Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and 10)Happy X-mas by John Lennon and Yoko Ohno. citation:http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs
So here is the low down there are a lot of Christmas sons in this top 10 yet you can't say Merry Christmas; my case and point would be 7-why is it the most wonderful time of the year, and what season is it? Number 8 which is about the snow more then the reason for the season and 10, What is X-mas John Lennon? It is a PC(politically correct) way to "X" Christ in Christmas.
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