Just been sorting it … not easy … the list can’t really be altered now as one leads to another. For example, this weekend is folk from these isles on both days … not all strictly carols but very festive, nights closing in.
We get more serious from Monday, next weekend is Blackmore’s Night and The solstice carol, then three strictly Christmassy numbers up to and including Christmas eve.
Christmas day is church bells and three carols, Boxing Day is Steven, any left not posted are for the 27th and 28th … and there are three already. Remember … no Away in a Manger because of the gummint ban.
Please excuse the abbreviated descriptions below, not intended to be disrespectful:
- Thu 4th … Jona Lewie
- Fri 5th … Past 3 O’Clock
- Sat 6th … Boars Head
- Sun 7th … God rest ye
- Mon 8th … Drummer boy
- Tue 9th … Wexford
- Wed 10th … Gaudete
- Thu 11th … In Dulci
- Fri 12th … Deck the Halls … Holly and the Ivy
- Sat 13th … Poor Ditching Boy
- Sun 14th … Festive Folk
- Mon 15th … First Noel
- Tue 16th … Baroque Christmas
- Wed 17th … Il est ne
- Thu 18th … Hark the Herald
- Fri 19th … Adeste fideles
- Sat 20th … Blackmore’s Night
- Sun 21st … Bleak midwinter
- Mon 22nd … O come Emmanuel
- Tue 23rd … O Holy Night
- Wed 24th … Silent night
- Christmas Day … Bells … Joy to the world … While shepherds watched
- Boxing Day … Good King Wenceslas
- Sat 27th … other carols and songs.
The Whitehall bandits haven’t banned Away in a Manger. Some teachers want to change the traditional words for the sake of inclusivity. For example “Lord” was changed to “little baby” in one instance.
Heaven helps us!
Any chance of inserting “See Amid The Winter’s Snow”?
If not it is not an issue. Been singing it in the shower every morning since the end of Nov.