O Holy Night - 7th Place on the Top Ten Christmas Carols list. O Holy Night - Day 454 - Daily Content Challenge Today's carol is another one suggested by my friend Sandy. O Holy Night placed number seven on the Top Ten Christmas Carols. In the Western world we think this song should ...
Let There Be Peace on Earth - Day 453 - Daily Content Challenge A friend of mine suggested I talk about the song called "Let There Be Peace on Earth" and I have decided to follow her advice. Jill Jackson wrote the words and her husband Sy Miller composed the melody to the song "Let ...
White Christmas - Day 452 - Daily Content Challenge "White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song which first aired during the Kraft Music Hall radio show on December 25, 1941. Bing Crosby was the host of the show and he sang the carol which was sad, soulful and longing especially at the time. Just a ...
Let it Snow! - Day 451 - Daily Content Challenge Let it Snow was written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945. There was a heat wave in Hollywood, California and Cahn and Styne were imagining cooler conditions. The song was originally written for a movie musical called "Sleigh Bells in ...
Auld Lang Syne - Day 450 - Daily Content Challenge The traditional Scottish folk song called "Auld Lang Syne" comes from a poem published by Robert Burns in 1788. This song is well known in the English-speaking world and is often sung at the stroke of midnight to welcome the start of the New Year. ...
Top Ten Christmas Carols What are the Top Ten Christmas Carols? - Day 449 - Daily Content Challenge Here is a list of the top ten Christmas Carols. Many of these carols I have played on the handbells this Christmas Season and I also wrote a blog about many of them. Which ones are your ...
Good King Wenceslas - Day 448 - Daily Content Challenge Good King Wenceslas is a Christmas Carol that we often sing at this time of year. It tells the story of a king's journey through some harsh winter weather.  The king notices a poor man from the tower of his castle during the Feast of ...
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Day 447 - Daily Content Challenge "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" is one of the oldest English Christmas carols. The words were written by an unknown author and the melody is traditional and of unknown origin. The lyrics to this 15th or 16th century song are thought to be ...
We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Day 446 - Daily Content Challenge  "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a traditional English carol. It is believed to have originated in the West Country of England in the 16th century. Carolers going door to door to spread some holiday cheer likely sang this song. In ...
'96 IHS in New Mexico Day 91 - Daily Content Challenge I received this bell in 1996! I attended the '96 International Handbell Symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This was a gift the delegates received at the closing banquet. Attending this event as a beginning ringer was a big leap. I had to step out ...
