Name That Christmas Carol
“All is calm, all is bright...”
- Penned by a young priest in Austria in 1816, this song reminisces about the tenderness of the child born in Bethlehem.
“Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume breathes a life of gathering gloom...”
- The further verses of this song go through each of the three kings’ gifts— gold, frankincense, and myrrh, becoming darker with each one.
“I’m just gonna keep on waiting underneath the mistletoe...”
- No one can resist this holiday classic by crooner Mariah Carey!
“Please have snow and mistletoe and presents by the tree...”
- This classic tune was first recorded by Bing Crosby in 1943, scoring in the top ten charts of the day.
“From now on your troubles will be out of sight...”
- The song originated in 1944’s “Meet Me In St. Louis” starring Judy Garland, going on to become a famous Christmas track.
“Within thy deep and dreamless sleep, the silent stars go by...”
- The text of this song was first written in the mid-1800s and later put to music.
“A child, a child shivers in the cold...”
- Interestingly, the couple who wrote this song in the 1960s originally penned it as a hope for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis and to focus everyone’s attention back on what was important.
“Voices singing let’s be jolly, deck the halls with boughs of holly...”
- Did you know that this song was written by the same musician that wrote “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” and “A Holly Jolly Christmas”? His name was Johnny Marks!
“Sire, he lives a good league hence, underneath a mountain...”
- This classic song details the quest of a kind king to give charity to a poor man on the day after Christmas Day, also known as the Feast Day of St. Stephen.
“One seems to hear words of good cheer filling the air from everywhere...”
- This catchy and scintillating tune was written in 1914 and is based on the old Ukrainian folk chant, “Shchedryk”.
