Thanks ("Christmas") Carol, always happy to have you as a reader! You might like to hear that the Unity Church who I'm playing for on Christmas Eve still sings the old carols: First Noel, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Hark the Herald Angels Sing are all on the Order of Service. No Latin verses, though. Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year, Dave In a message dated 12/21/2014 5:11:39 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, cwxford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Thanks David for another beautiful blog post. I also sang in the church y outh choir for years. I loved Christmas…….my favorite song The Hallelujah Corus. It’s still one of my favorites and every time I hear it I a sing along with gusto. But I love all the Christmas music and the stories they tell. Even our school Christmas programs were special…..filled with joyfully singing Christmas Carols. Unfortunately, the children today can only sing “ holiday” music…..not the wonderful Christmas Carols of old. How beautiful it was to hear children sing “Silent Night”. Merry Christmas to all……… Christmas Carol Weatherford