A Favorite Carol

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Happy Christmas Eve!


I'd like to share a favorite Christmas carol which I've loved since I was about four years old.  I remember sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of my parents' hi-fi, listening to Julie Andrews' glorious voice.


Jesus is born!



The Wexford Carol

Good people all, this Christmas time,
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending His beloved Son.


With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas day;
In Bethlehem upon that morn,
There was a blessed Messiah born.


With thankful heart and joyful mind,
The shepherds went the Babe to find,
And as God's angel had foretold,
They did our Savior Christ behold.


With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas day;
In Bethlehem upon that morn,
There was a blessed Messiah born.


You can listen here, if you like.


Enjoy this special day and night, leading into the Christmas celebration tomorrow.

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