But, Christians should be interested in the content (the lyrics and substance) of any song to which they give their ears. Christianity is a religion of content, substance, and truth. Christianity rises or falls on the basis of historical and theological propositions.
Christians believe that Jesus really was born of a virgin named Mary, that this God-man lived to die, and that Jesus conquered death forevermore for all those who would believe and follow Him. Christians believe (as the Scriptures teach) that Jesus is the one and only mediator between God and sinful people, and Christians seek grace from God through Christ alone for forgiveness, life, and salvation.
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Ave Maria is a song that has been played at family funerals. An Italian
Catholic staple. Dr. Google says that Shubert wrote the music. William Scott wrote the poem. Lady by the Lake. Then the Catholic church made a Hymn of it, beautiful it is.
Anyone who calls out to Mary for salvation or rescue will be sorely disappointed. Only Jesus, who Himself conquered death, can give sinners like us hope in the face of that universal and impartial enemy.
"The Christmas Song" (commonly subtitled "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" or, as it was originally subtitled, "Merry Christmas to You") is a classic Christmas song written in 1945[note 1] by Robert Wells and Mel Torm.
According to Torm, the song was written in July 1945[1] during an exceptionally hot summer. It was in an effort to "stay cool by thinking cool" that the most-performed (according to BMI) Christmas song of all time was born.[2][4][5] "I saw a spiral pad on his (Wells's) piano with four lines written in pencil", Torm recalled. "They started, 'Chestnuts roasting..., Jack Frost nipping..., Yuletide carols..., Folks dressed up like Eskimos.' Bob didn't think he was writing a song lyric. He said he thought if he could immerse himself in winter he could cool off. Forty minutes later that song was written. I wrote all the music and some of the lyrics."
For the US Billboard Hot 100 chart dated January 7, 2023, the song entered the top 10 for the first time, giving Cole a record span between appearances of 59 years, six months and a week (since June 29, 1963's "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" appearance) and giving the song the record for longest journey to the top 10 (62 years and 26 days), surpassing "Run Rudolph Run" by 8 days. The song had previously peaked at number 11 during the 2018 holiday season.[16]
"The Christmas Song" has been covered by numerous artists from a wide variety of genres. In December 1946, Bing Crosby performed it on a recorded radio broadcast with an introduction including Skitch Henderson on piano.[48] Crosby, with the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra, also made a studio recording on March 19, 1947, which went on to be released as a single later that same year.[49][50] In 1953, Perry Como performed the song for both the Christmas Joy single and his album Around the Christmas Tree.[51]
In 1999, Christina Aguilera recorded a version and included it on her album, My Kind of Christmas (2000).[52] The song found critical and commercial success and peaked at number eighteen on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart; the second highest position for the song on the chart after the original.[52] Aguilera's cover also reached number seventy-two on the Hot 100 Singles Sales 2000 year-end chart, compiled by Billboard.[53]
In 2003 for his EP Let It Snow, Michael Bubl recorded a cover of the song.[54] It charted at number 6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[55] In 2018, Lauren Daigle's cover of the song reached number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Christian Songs chart.[56][57][58] In 2021, Jacob Collier's cover of the song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals at the 64th Annual ceremony.[59]
The song has also been covered by Doris Day with the Les Brown Jr. Orchestra of Renown, Ariana Grande,[60] Camila Cabello,[61] The Carpenters,[62] Celine Dion,[63] Ella Fitzgerald,[64] Elizabeth Gillies,[60] Frank Sinatra,[65] The Jackson 5,[66] John Legend,[67] JoJo,[68] Justin Bieber,[67] Kenny Burrell,[69] Luther Vandross,[67] Mariya Takeuchi, Mary J. Blige,[67] Ne-Yo,[70] NSYNC,[71] Pentatonix,[67] Peter Hollens,[67] Shawn Mendes,[61] Brandy,[72] and Toni Braxton,[67] among others.[67]
The 1970 Columbia version of the song adds an opening verse, written in 1963 while Torm was working as musical arranger for The Judy Garland Show. He first performed and introduced the opening verse while duetting with Garland on the song for the show's Christmas Special, which aired on December 22, 1963:
I very much enjoyed this article. First, because "O Holy Night" is also my favorite religious Christmas carol. I also grew up watching MTV ( when the network only showed videos, not programs like "The Real World," etc. ) and was in college when "Do They Know It 's Christmas?" was a hit song for a worthwhile cause. Unlike the good author, although I was "cool" in terms of going to occasional popular rock concerts, I never gave to a worthwhile charity to feed the hungry in Ethiopia. However, in my small way (donating clothes to a Catholic homeless shelter for men, and dropping change into Salvation Army kettles each time I went to the mall) I believe I gave to people in need. I agree that it's wrong to assume that people in all African nations are beset by poverty and extreme hunger. I do know a number of immigrants from Africa who work at the nursing home/rehabilitation center where I live. However, I didn't realize that there's evidence from some studies that nearly half of the continent's people are Christians. Of course, one not need to be a follower of Christ to need or be "entitled" to the necessities of life. I also agree that "Do They Know It's Christmas?" probably is the only secular Christmas song that " speaks to the spirit of giving. " After all, although worshipping the Christ Child is the true purpose of the holyday, giving to others (either material gifts or listening and lending a hand) are important to living out the meaning of Christmas. After all, Jesus taught us, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me." ( Matthew 25: 35-40).
Thank you for a great article. When the song came out in 1984, we gave away multiple copies of the "45" as part of our Christmas gift giving. I must be honest that I also cringe when I hear Bono singing "thank God it's them instead of you". I consider it my favorite Christmas song. Thank you for describing so well why that is the case.
Thank you for this awesome article. I have the same feelings about a song Do they know it's Christmas, I was almost a teenager when I heard it and fell in love with it. Also I wrote a small article here about my vision of this song. This Christmas song is the most truethful and sincere. The song is number one for me, even thought I don't like Bono.
Lines like these help make the song for me a remarkable retelling of the gospel story that is summarized nowhere better than in the simple refrain that captures not just the heart of Christmas but the whole Christian faith as well as anything I know.
That being said, I believe God is reaching out to and through Dave Matthews with this piece. Where I agree with the author of this blogs statement about confessing the God is active in history, not just a by stander, I do not know that that was Dave Matthews suggestion here. I am just offering my thoughts and mean no disrespect. The song and video are powerful, that s without a doubt.
Dave may not be so agnostic as he thinks he is given how much contemplation he has spent on Jesus role in ourworld. Besides people change, and who knows how he feels today. This is a beautiful song regardless and a wonderful example of how we all question our faith at some point in our life.
Four years ago, I shared this poignant Christmas song on the blog, in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook, and the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. But now in 2016, the words are just as meaningful as ever. It's been a long, hard year, hasn't it? And if there is anything that personal or national hardships teach us, it's the simple fact that we need a Savior. This Christmas, as we celebrate Jesus' birth, may we remember that Immanuel, God with us, is still here.
The Christmas song "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a powerful reminder of that truth, with words by Henry Longfellow, and music by John Calkin. The lyrics were first penned in the midst of the horrors of our Civil War, a song which seems especially fitting this year. God is not dead, nor does he sleep... Take a moment to enjoy Casting Crowns rendition of this classic song below.
Now let's scroll back in time and take a look at how this song was born. During the Civil War, the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was informed by a letter dated March 14, 1863, that his oldest son Charles Appleton Longfellow had left home to join the Union army--without Henry's blessing.
The letter said, in part: "I have tried hard to resist the temptation of going without your leave but I cannot any longer," he wrote. "I feel it to be my first duty to do what I can for my country and I would willingly lay down my life for it if it would be of any good." By November, he was severely wounded in the Battle of New Hope Church (in Virginia) during the Mine Run Campaign. Coupled with the recent loss of his wife Frances, who died as a result of an accidental fire, Longfellow was inspired to write "Christmas Bells" on Christmas Day, 1863. Henry's personal tragedy was wrapped in the national tragedy of the nation's civil war. The lyrics are below. The fourth and fifth verses you'll find here refer directly to the Civil War and are usually left out of the traditional Christmas song.
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be uponhis shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this" (Isiaha 9:6-7). 152ee80cbc
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