Page 6 - Grace Mail December 2021

Your Christmas Carol Choices
Silent night! Holy night!
All is calm, all is bright Round the virgin mother and Child; Holy infant, tender and mild, Rests in heavenly peace. Rests in heavenly peace.
(by Joseph Mohr)
and verse one in German
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht Alles schläft; einsam wacht Nur das traute hochheilige Paar. Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar, Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh! Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!
This carol is chosen by Paddy Musgrave who writes: ‘It just sums up all I stand for: the Saviour’s birth, peace, calm, love. Jesus Christ is here.’
And also by Mary Millest. She says ‘I learned this carol at school many years ago, the first verse in German’.
And also by Yvonne Hunt, who writes ‘The German version is special to me, as that’s how my great granddaughter sang it’
1.In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan; Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter Long ago.
4.What can I give Him, Poor as I am?
If I were a Shepherd
I would bring a lamb;
If I were a Wise Man
I would do my part, Yet what I can I give Him, Give my heart.
(by Christina Rossetti)
‘This is my choice of carol’ says Russell Boyce ‘it reminds us to be thankful and that someone will usually be bothered to look after those less able to look after themselves.’
Also Janet Taylor writes ‘It reminds my husband of our childhood at Christmas time’
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