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Christmas Mass Hymns

Singing most of these in my head as you gentlemen post them. My Mom (RIP) was a church organist for 50+ years, so I grew up with ALL the hymns (practiced on Saturdays on the Yamaha organ at home; performed on Sundays at Trinity Lutheran / Lutheran Church of the Master / Hosanna Lutheran). Church music was a YUGE part of my life.
 
One of my favorite Christmas hymns was actually based on an English folk song:



I’ve heard this before and it’s the exact same tune as “What Child Is This”. Not sure which is the original but it’s the same song with different lyrics.
 
When I was little our church used to sing a verse of Silent Night in German - Stille Nacht - since the majority of the community was German heritage. Always thought that was cool to hear my grandpas sing it.
Silent Night is incredible when sung in unison amongst the parishioners - would love to hear this version live
 
Silent Night is incredible when sung in unison amongst the parishioners - would love to hear this version live

Add to this the candle lighting ceremony and it always gets misty for me. Every other year, we did Christmas in Forbes, ND with my grandparents and always sung the German verse. Heck, if I answered the phone at their house, the person on the other end was always talking German...
 
Not a hymn at all, but as far as Christmas songs go, I’ve always liked The Pretenders even though the video is super weird.


Also like The Bare Naked Ladies version of
And Dan Fogelberg


I’ll now consider my man card revoked
 
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