Christmas Music ~ Happy holidays everyone !

Album link : http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/christmas-is-come-in/id320917273
'Lullay My Liking' by Artisan
Carols emerged relatively late in the history of Christianity in Britain - anything terpsichorean being frowned upon until the end of the dark ages. Thus the earliest song in this collection, Veni Veni Emmanuel, which dates from the 7th century, is pure 'church.' However as the church relaxed its stance, carols, sung to dance tunes, began to be more respectable and by the time the spirit of modern humanism had permeated the Middle Ages, they even became respectable. This despite the fact that pagan symbols of fertility and solstice customs were openly incorporated into carols such as The Holly and the Ivy and The Sans Day Carol (Holly Bears a Berry.) Later hymns are often mistakenly called carols, but they have quite different characteristics and tend to use heavier tunes, more reminiscent of hard wooden pews than village dances.
Other recordings from 'Christmas Has Come In' by Artisan are on a playlist on this channel.
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[Lipsnx4u]

Beautiful pictures and music. Merry Christmas and thank you, for posting.

[pawdublin]

Thank you very much !

[plasticdan]

beautiful. Thanks for posting.

[JakesHomeWorkouts]

Sounds great, and the pictures are amazing.