Christmas

Originally composed by Adolph Adam using the text from Placide Cappeau’s Cantique de Noël. The literal translation to English go a […]

Hark! Ring Bells! Let the Angels sing!

Very simple chord progression, but depending on who plays this, I find that I never know when each verse continues.

Another good carol for croonin’.

This always makes me think of A Claymation Christmas Celebration‘s “Here we come a-waffling”.  Good stuff.

I really think we should bring back the word “Hark!”. It’s a pretty nifty word.  “Nifty”, that’s another word that

One of the oldest Christmas carols we know of, dating from the 16th century or earlier.

I bet they wished there was an Internet connection up on the mountain so they could just send an email.

After a few mugs of eggnog, when I’m feeling the need to do some croonin’, this is my go to

The origin of this Christmas carol lies in the English tradition wherein wealthy people of the community gave Christmas treats

Composed in Austria by Franz Xaver Gruber and Joseph Mohr in 1818. During the Christmas Truce of 1914 during World War I,

“She sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake.” I never knew that Santa Claus was the US

A little known Christmas carol…  🙂

In 1824, Ernst Anschütz wrote the modern lyrics of the German Christmas song O Tannenbaum, using an olk folk song