Christmas Music Countdown: Mary Did You Know
The Pender Choir periodically sings an arrangement of this Christmas Carol. Mark Lowry wrote the words…
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Christmas Music Countdown: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
In 1850, Richard Storrs Willis, a composer who trained under Felix Mendelssohn, wrote the melody…
Christmas Music Countdown: Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Charles Wesley (1707-1788), the younger brother of John Wesley wrote the words to this…
Christmas Music Countdown: Just in Time for Christmas
From RevKev, Pender’s past Associate Pastor – “As it was, so it is, Christmas…
Christmas Music Countdown: Carol of the Bells/Ukrainian Bell Carol
Carol of the Bells was composed by Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych (1877-1921) in 1916. Originally…
Christmas Music Countdown: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
“I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” is a Christmas carol based on the 1863…
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting
Where else but New York could the lighting of a Christmas Tree take an hour?…
Christmas Music Countdown: Angels We Have Heard On High
Angels We Have Heard On High Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing…
Christmas Music Countdown: Joy To The World
Joy To The World Joy to the World, the Lord is come! Let…
Christmas Music Countdown: Sleigh Ride
I’ve always liked Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride as a secular Christmas song 🙂 It’s…