Today’s theme, our last, is Counting Songs. Today I offer two counting songs. Let’s begin with the...
Advent 2021
St. Stephen’s Day is celebrated on December 26th. Or the 27th. Or January 9th. Look, it depends...
Merry Christmas, all! For those who celebrate, I hope today is filled with joy, health, love and...
The Boar’s Head tradition was likely brought to England by the Anglo Saxons, and certainly existed in...
First of all, I have a deep personal connection to County Wexford in Ireland. Second and third,...
Another I’ve loved all my life, this and tomorrow’s song are lullabies. “The Coventry Carol" was the...
"Once in Royal David's City" is, as so many of our Christmas traditions are, a child of...
“The Friendly Beasts” is also remarkably old, going back to 12th century France and sometimes attributed to...
Today’s theme is a catch all for the light, silly songs we encounter around the Holidays: silly...
The word “lullaby” is, in fact, onomatopoeia; it is the “lu lu,” “la la” and “bye bye”...
Today’s tunes are both from the region of Catalonia in Spain: “Ríu Ríu Chíu” and “Caga Tió.”
Today’s song, "The Holly and The Ivy," shows great evidence of being endemic for quite a while...
This German song entitled “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen”—literally, “It Is a Rose Sprung Up”—is one of...
I love the simple chords and melody of the song and its simple faith. And I do...
The tune for "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" is from 15th century France and the Latin text...
In some of Western Christianity, the third Sunday, with a rose candle and vestments, is Gaudete Sunday,...
You said the theme for this Saturday was “Strange Christmas.” I did. There’s nothing strange about this....
“God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” is one of the oldest Christmas carols still in general circulation and,...
Your OT advent calendar will be musical. Today’s tunes are “I Am the Grinch,” by Tyler, the...
Your Ordinary Times advent calendar will be musical this year: Today's song is "Christmas Time Is Here"...
