Christmas Carols

The Wassail Song
Here we come a-wassailingAmong the leaves so green,Here we come a-wand'ringSo fair to be seen.Love and joy come to you,And to you your wassail, too,And God bless you, and send youA Happy New Year,And God send you a Happy New Year.
We are not daily beggersThat beg from door to door,But we are neighbors' childrenWhom you have seen beforeLove and joy come to you,And to you your wassail, too,And God bless you, and send youA Happy New Year,And God send you a Happy New Year.
Good master and good mistress,As you sit beside the fire,Pray think of us poor childrenWho wander in the mire.Love and joy come to you,And to you your wassail, too,And God bless you, and send youA Happy New Year,And God send you a Happy New Year
We have a little purseMade of ratching leather skin;We want some of your small changeTo line it well within.Love and joy come to you,And to you your wassail, too,And God bless you, and send youA Happy New Year,And God send you a Happy New Year.
Bring us out a tableAnd spread it with a cloth;Bring us out a cheese,And of your Christmas loaf.Love and joy come to you,And to you your wassail, too,And God bless you, and send youA Happy New Year,And God send you a Happy New Year.
God bless the master of this house,Likewise the mistress too;And all the little childrenThat round the table go.Love and joy come to you,And to you your wassail, too,And God bless you, and send youA Happy New Year,And God send you a Happy New Year.

Carol of the Bells
Carol of the Bells LyricsHark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, throw cares awayChristmas is here, bringing good cheer, to young and old, meek and the bold.Ding dong ding dong that is their song with joyful ring all caroling.One seems to hear words of good cheer from everywhere filling the air.Oh how they pound, raising the sound, o'er hill and dale, telling their tale.Gaily they ring while people sing songs of good cheer, Christmas is here.
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas, Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas.On on they send, on without end, their joyful tone to every home.Ding dong ding... dong!

"And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow,Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?It came without ribbons! It came without tags!"It came without packages, boxes or bags!"And he puzzled three hours, `till his puzzler was sore.Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before!"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store."Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
-Dr. Seuss, How The Grinch Stole Christmas

"Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."
Hebrews 4:7

"Religious songs are proper expressions of thankful praise."
From Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 33

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future.The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.I will not shut out the lessons that they teach."
- Ebenezer Scrooge