But… Bekah… that’s not a Spotify link.
I know that’s what you’re thinking, right?
Well… see… there’s a very, very specific version of this song that is my favorite. With a little-heard verse.
This verse is so little-known that this is literally the only version of this song I know of that includes it.
Why, Bekah, what is this verse, and how did you come across it?
Well… I encountered it a few years ago when we sang it at church. It was found in one of my great-grandmother’s old Nazarene hymnals, and I’ve never found it anywhere else.
The verse is:
Silent night, holy night
Wondrous star, lend thy light
With the angels let us sing
Hallelujah to our King
Christ the Savior is born
Christ the Savior is born
…and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
Matthew 2:9b-10 WEB
Do you have a little-known Christmas song (or version of a Christmas song) that you enjoy?
Jessica Fontaine Jones
December 19, 2014 - 11:09 pm ·What Child is This 🙂 (I’m a sucker for Greensleeves)
Candace Gauger
December 20, 2014 - 12:01 am ·The best version I love? The version done in sign language. The motions convey so much more than words in my honest opinion.
Rebekah Loper
December 20, 2014 - 7:19 pm ·Hah, I actually used to know Silent Night in ASL, but it’s been a long time. My aunt is a deaf interpreter, and whenever she’d come to visit, it seemed like I would learn a new Christmas carol for a while. I knew O Little Town of Bethlehem, as well.
Laura Weymouth
December 20, 2014 - 6:53 am ·My two favorites are the Coventry Carol and Gaudete. Because I like my Christmas music 16th century style lol.
Rebekah Loper
December 20, 2014 - 7:25 pm ·I really like the Coventry Carol as well! I don’t think I’ve heard Gaudete, so that means I definitely need to look it up.
heylookawriterfellow
December 22, 2014 - 9:53 am ·Not a song, but in my view no Christmas is complete without hearing this gem from Stan Freeberg:
https://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=ytff1-yff29&p=stan%20freeberg%20dragnet&type=
Rebekah Loper
December 25, 2014 - 10:02 am ·Gah, I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet, but hopefully I will have time tomorrow!