Re: Christmas music

Wow! “Joy to the World” really isn’t even sort of a Christmas song! I could be reading it wrong, but the entire thing is about the Second Coming. Weird. I never noticed that before.

So I did a little research to see if any of the other hymns talk about the Second Coming:

“Once in Royal David’s City” The first verse is about His birth, the second about His life, and the last about (not the Second Coming, exactly) His redeeming power: “And our eyes at last shall see Him/Though His own redeeming love”

“It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” The first verse is about Christmas, third verse (“When the new heaven and earth shall own/The Prince of Peace their King”) is about the Second Coming. (And thanks, Mickey Rooney)

So, thank you, LaDale, for sending me off on an interesting tangent. And now for some trivia: Does anyone know what song in the 1985 hymnbook (the current one) has the word “sultry” in it? How about the song that has the word “adorable”?

AND...speaking of themes in Christmas music, who can ignore the blatant religious themes of "Darcy the Dragon"? I mean, it is very obvious that Darcy is the wounded man on the road to Jericho, the townspeople are the men who pass on the wayside, and the snowstorm the Good Samaratian. Right? Right???????