It's the DAY after CHRISTMAS ...

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It's the DAY after CHRISTMAS...

I know. I know.

The BIG DAY is over,

but we mustn't let the Spirit go!

Randy Travis ~ "Silent Night"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET14qfbLuJE

 

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Top 21 Popular Christmas Songs and Carols Playlist 2016 🎅

 

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Published on 13 Nov 2016

The TOP 21 Christmas Carols playlist with sing along lyrics, featuring over an hour of popular Christmas music. This playlist is sure to fill your heart with the joy of Christmas! 🎵Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/childrenl...

1. Jingle Bell Rock 0:00
2. We Wish You A Merry Christmas 2:05
3. The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy 3:46
4. Deck the Halls 7:48
5. Jingle Bells 9:38
6. Joy to the World 11:11
7. Silent Night 13:01
8. Twelve Days of Christmas 16:32
9. Away in a Manger 20:34
10. O Holy Night 23:31
11. O Little Town Of Bethlehem 26:49
12. We Three Kings 30:51
13. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 33:50
14. Ding Dong Merrily on High 36:27
15. The First Noel 38:08
16. The Friendly Beasts 42:49
17. Good King Wenceslas 46:38
18. Holly and The Ivy 49:36
19. O Come All Ye Faithful 53:07
20. I'm a Little Star 55:19
21. In France they have Pere Noel 56:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MmIQcCgjuo

26 Popular Traditional Christmas Carols w/ Festive Art by Thomas Kinkade

Published on 30 Dec 2014

An 80 minute collection of 26 much-beloved traditional Christmas carols, sung by a variety of well-known English choirs, with images of traditional Victorian-period Christmas cards.

Be sure to set the video quality to 720p to truly appreciate the artwork on display here, it's totally worth it :)

0:00:00 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Wells Cathedral Choir
0:02:58 Unto Us A Son Is Born - Guildford Cathedral Choir
0:05:02 O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Norwich Cathedral Choir
0:08:14 The Holly & The Ivy - Norwich Cathedral Choir
0:10:16 Away In A Manger - Norwich Cathedral Choir
0:13:09 Good King Wenceslas - Unknown Traditional Choir
0:16:19 O Come All Ye Faithful - Norwich Cathedral Choir
0:20:46 The First Noel - Norwich Cathedral Choir
0:25:35 I Saw Three Ships - Marlborough Cathedral Choir
0:27:40 Deck The Halls - Norwich Cathedral Choir
0:28:48 Ding! Dong! Merrily On High - Marlborough Cathedral Choir
0:30:53 While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - Kings College Choir
0:33:45 Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen - Kings College Choir
0:35:02 In The Bleak Midwinter - Kings College Choir
0:39:39 Of The Father's Heart Begotten - Marlborough Cathedral Choir
0:44:40 Cherry Tree Carol - Marlborough Cathedral Choir
0:46:48 Silent Night - Kings College Choir
0:49:55 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Wells Cathedral Choir
0:52:55 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - Wells Cathedral Choir
0:56:16 Once In Royal David's City - Ely Cathedral Choir
1:01:49 Sussex Carol - Wells Cathedral Choir
1:03:43 A Child Is Born In Bethlehem - Kings College Choir
1:06:13 As With Gladness Men Of Old - Wells Cathedral Choir
1:09:07 Hail Blessed Virgin Mary - Wells Cathedral Choir
1:11:22 Jesus Christ The Apple Tree - Marlborough Cathedral Choir
1:14:07 The Seven Joys Of Mary - Marlborough Cathedral Choir

The festive artwork is provided by the late Thomas Kinkade, the "Painter of Light" (1958-2012), whose snow-covered cottages and Victorian Christmas scenes you most likely will have seen adorning Christmas cards and even jigsaw puzzles, as well as on the walls of many houses. For more on this amazing artist, please visit www.thomaskinkade.com. There are a couple of paintings in here which are not by Thomas Kinkade, I know, but they look very nice and suit the others well :)

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the best for the coming New Year!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZLqzxxxnDc

50 Most Loved Christmas Hymns & Carols

Have you ever wondered what the most popular Christmas hymns & carols are? Our list of the 50 Most Loved Christmas hymns & carols and lyrics will answer your question! 

The top 5 most popular Christmas hymns & carols of all time are:

1. Joy to the World
2. Silent Night
3. O Holy Night
4. The First Noel
5. Hark the Herald Angels Sing

No surprises with the Top 5 most popular Christmas hymns & carols - but what about the other Christmas songs in the list of the 50 Most Loved Christmas hymns & carols? Which festive hymns would you include in the 50 Most Loved Christmas hymns & carols? 

Enjoy the lovely words and lyrics of traditional and classic Christian hymns and songs in the 50 Most Loved Hymns & Carols list. Have a great time searching our extensive list of the 50 Most Loved online Christmas hymns & carols lyrics. 

Printable lyrics of the 50 Most Loved Hymns & Carols of praise and worship which are suitable for all Christian denominations. Catholic, Protestant, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist, Baptist and Protestant religions and churches will find this site an excellent resource for the 50 Most Loved Hymns & Carols. 

Download and print the 50 Most Loved Hymns & Carols lyrics and words. Online 50 Most Loved Hymns & Carols including religious song lyrics and words suitable for this most joyful and festive religious celebration. Lyrics and words of the 50 Most Loved Hymns & Carols have been included. 

Printable lyrics of the 50 Most Loved Hymns & Carols and songs of praise, which are free and downloadable. The most popular and favorite words and lyrics to the 50 Most Loved Christmas hymns & carols have been included. Inspirational, spiritual and joyful words and lyrics to can be found in the 50 Most Loved Hymns & Carols. 

These online, free lyrics to the 50 Most Loved Hymns & Carols can be printed and used to create a personalised Christmas hymn book. Many English and French Christmas hymns & carols and Christian Christmas songs have been included featuring the words and lyrics of many famous writers and composers.

50 Most Loved Christmas Hymns and Carols

Angels from the Realms of Glory A Boy Is Born in Bethlehem A Christmas Carol A Great and Mighty wonder As with Gladness Men of Old Ave Maria Away in a Manger Brightest and Best Christians Awake salute the Happy Morn Come, all ye Shepherds Come, Ye Lofty Coventry Carol Cradled in a Manger, meanly Deck the Halls Ding Dong Merrily on High Earth Today Rejoices From the Eastern Mountains  Gentle Mary Laid Her Child Glory be to God on High Go tell it to the Mountain God is Love God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Good Christian Men Rejoice Good King Wenceslas Hark the Herald Angels Sing Here Is Joy For Every Age Hymn for Christmas Day I Saw Three Ships It Came Upon the Midnight Clear  Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine Joy to the World Lo! He comes with Clouds Descending Love Came Down at Christmas Maker Of The Sun And Moon O Christmas Tree carol O Come All Ye Faithful O Come O Come Emmanuel O Holy Night O Little Town of Bethlehem Once in Royal Davids City Silent Night The Angels Song The First Noel The Gloucestershire Wassail The Holly and the Ivy The Manger Throne The Wassail Song Unto Us A Boy Is Born We Three Kings of Orient are While Shepherds Watched

https://www.songandpraise.org/50-most-loved-christmas-hymns-carols.htm

To listen to the music see:

• 26 Popular Traditional Christmas Carols w/ Festive Art by Thomas Kinkade

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2016

"I bring you good news of great joy 
that will be for all the people."

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Alexandria First Baptist Church

Merry Christmas! | Alexandria First Baptist Church
Merry Christmas!

Do you ever cook food in tinfoil? There's an important reason you should stop

Scientists have issued a warning about cooking and storing food in aluminium foil for prolonged periods

• 14:40, 12 Jul 2016
• Updated 15:30, 18 Jul 2016
• By Nicola Oakley

If you're a dab hand in the kitchen - or even if you're not - the chances are you'll have wrapped something in tin foil before cooking it.

Whether it's to keep your Christmas turkey moist or making parcels to roast fish, tinfoil is handy to have around.

But scientists at a university in Egypt say that wrapping food in the foil to cook it is bad for us - and even storing cold food in foil could be harmful.

Ghada Bassioni, head of the chemistry department at Ain Shams University, revealed why it could be damaging our health in a piece for The Conversation .

She explained that pots and pans are also lined with aluminium but these tend to be 'oxidised' - i.e. they have a layer which prevents aluminium finding its way into our food.

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Tin foil

Ghada writes : "While cooking your food in aluminium pots or pans isn’t a bad thing, placing it in foil and putting it in the oven is problematic.

"This is especially true with acidic or spicy food that’s prepared at high temperatures."

"Aluminium foil is disposable and you will not be able to create that inert layer prior to using it.

"My research found that the migration of aluminium into food during the cooking process of food wrapped in aluminium foil is above the permissible limit set by the World Health Organisation."

Our bodies can excrete aluminium efficiently, but only in small amounts.

The WHO lists 40mg per kilogram of body weight as a safe intake.

If you weigh about 9.5 stone (around 60kg) then your 'safe' intake would be 2400mg.

But given all the other ways aluminium can sneak into our diets (existing in small amounts in yellow cheese, salt, herbs, tea and spices as well as cooking utensils) it's best to avoid unnecessary risks.

What damage can it do?

Scientists are currently exploring the link between Alzheimer's patients and high levels of aluminium found in their brain tissue.

Other health studies have suggested high aluminium intake could reduce the growth of brain cells or be harmful to people with bone diseases.

The important reason you shouldn't cook food in tinfoil 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/you-ever-cook-food-tinfoil-8404617

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2015

See:

Songs of Praise top 10 Christmas Carols in the UK, Susan Boyle, Libera, Michael Ball

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A CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYLIST OF TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS CAROLS

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-9uoxZoLH8&list=RD7HItFqKBAQE&index=12

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Songs of Praise top 10 Christmas Carols in the UK, Susan Boyle, Libera, Michael Ball

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Published on 22 Dec 2013

Songs of Praise handicaps the UK's top Christmas Carols.

• Music

  • "Silent Night" by Libera (Google Play)

• Artist

  • Libera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHj_q7ttDCE

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Susan Boyle with Libera - In the Bleak Midwinter (BBC Songs of Praise Big Sing 2013)

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Published on 22 Dec 2013

Susan Boyle sings In the Bleak Midwinter with admirable backing from all boys choir Libera at the BBC Songs of Praise Big Sing Nations favourite Carols filmed at the Royal Albert Hall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM-2Qz4hcwI

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O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Hayley Westenra (Songs of Praise 22 Dec 2013)

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Published on 22 Dec 2013

Hayley appeared today on the annual Songs of Praise Big Sing! She sung the carol recently voted the 6th. most popular in the UK: O Little Town of Bethlehem - assisted by the entire 5.000 audience!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opvD5uAG5VM

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Kings College Choir - Christmas Carols 24 dec 2011

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Published on 17 Dec 2012

The King's College of Our Lady and St Nicholas in Cambridge was founded in 1441 by King Henry VI and munificently endowed. The Founder's statutes provided for a Provost and seventy poor scholars. Scholarships were restricted to Etonians, but a few pensioners and Fellow commoners from other schools were admitted from the middle of the sixteenth century. By the statutes of 1861 open scholarships, financed by the Fellows greatly reducing their dividends for many years, were founded, and since then pensioners and scholars from other schools have been admitted in increasing numbers. Until 1853 students at King's were exceptional in being awarded University degrees by the College.

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Silent Night - Hayley Westenra (Songs of Praise The Big Sing)

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Uploaded on 26 Dec 2010

Hayley Westenra singing the Christmas carol 'Silent Night' on Songs of Praise (The Big Sing 2010). Prerecorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmyCM1tz_NE

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O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) at Westminster Abbey

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Published on 25 Dec 2013

I could not but upload this great version of this popular carol. I especially enjoyed the organ interlude.

This is part of the Christmas Eve Service of Eucharist at Westminster Abbey, broadcast live on BBC One on Tuesday, 24th of December 2013.

© BBC MMXIII

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MERRY CHRISTMAS 2014

Germany’s Wonderful Christmas Markets

Julia Melko  23 Nov 2011

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Think of the traditional Christmas scene and you probably picture a medieval town, with the snow falling, market stalls, carol singers and plenty of festive food and drink. Such traditional scenes do still exist in Germany’s famous Christmas markets, which attract visitors from all over the world and have largely managed to avoid the commercialism of the season.

Although various other European countries have similar markets, Germany’s are particularly loved by both residents and tourists. The markets have been held since the 14th century, and originally served a practical purpose in providing food and other essentials for the local people during the coldest part of the year. Over the centuries they have become a much loved holiday tradition with their lavish decorations, stalls selling handcrafted and traditional goods, carol singing and old-fashioned fairground rides. Today the markets generally open around the end of November and close late on Christmas Eve. Although you can visit at any time, visiting at night has an undeniable charm and most markets are open until around 10pm.

Local food and drink

No visit to a German Christmas market would be complete without sampling the local food and drink, including spiced wine, roasted chestnuts and baked apples, and of course an almost unlimited variety of sausages. A popular staple is stollen, a traditional German sweet bread containing nuts and dried fruits, with a sugar coating. Of course, it is also a chance to do some Christmas shopping and good buys generally include handmade decorations and toys, glass and pottery, and woodcarvings. Also popular are candles, music boxes and nutcrackers, often elaborately decorated and representing a figure or animal.

From smallest villages to the large cities

Photo credit: lendog

Germany’s Christmas markets can be found all over the country, from the smallest villages to the large cities of Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt, although some have become more famous than others. The market at Dresden has the distinction of being the country’s oldest, dating back to 1434. In addition to the usual stalls and Christmas lights, Dresden’s market celebrates by baking the world’s largest Christmas cake, weighing four tons. The decorations also include a 40 feet high carousel complete with life sized angels. Berlin actually has around 60 markets, although one of the best is considered to be the Gendarmenmarkt, located close to the cathedral. Here you can watch wood carvers and goldsmiths at work, and of course buy some quality gifts. Berlin’s Jewish Museum also hosts a Jewish market every year, in which you can buy authentic gifts and sample Israeli cuisine. Cologne’s market features one of the largest Christmas tress in the area, as well as a nightly program of concerts and carol singing.

There is no doubt that Christmas has become commercialized and many of us find the holidays have simply become a stressful time. A visit to Germany’s Christmas markets allows you to experience a more relaxed, traditional and family oriented atmosphere, as well as buy some unusual Christmas gifts for friends and family.

Main photocredit: graham

http://travel.amerikanki.com/germanys-wonderful-christmas-markets/

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Wishing you a Merry Christmas 2013

Michael Buble Home for Christmas 2011

Michael Buble Home for Christmas 2011 (Full Show)

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The Gift of Christmas!

The Gift of Life

Is

The Gift of Christmas.

Let Us All Rejoice and

 Open Our Hearts to Accept

Unwrap and Enjoy

 God's Gift for Us.