After singing a collection of Christmas songs, I was highly disappointed with the lyrical quality and frivolity of our seasonal favorites. Even the most popular songs offer limited poetic, musical or intellectual beauty. Hymns remain among the highest quality of art while ‘seasonal’ music reminds me how easily marketable poor quality items can be. Even when only excerpts are compared, the disparity in quality is painfully obvious. Praise the Lord for hymns!
Christ, by highest heaven adored;
Christ, the everlasting Lord.
Late in time behold him come;
Offspring of the Virgin's womb.
Veiled in flesh the God head see:
Hail the incarnate Deity.
Pleased as man with man to dwell
Jesus, our Emmanuel
Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la. T
is the season to be jolly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Don we now our gay apparel,
Fa la la, la la la, la la la.
Troll the ancient Yule tide carol,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
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