On the Fifth Day of Christmas: Keep Caroling!
We're still singing Joy to the World at the top of our longs, friends! May we never become so saturated we lose our ability to sing with joy at Christmas. I was moved by the commitment of the carolers in today's video to joining the glad songs of Christmastide.
For what it's worth, I found watching the video with captions ON and sound OFF to be highly effective.
Watch: Silent Caroling in Singapore
Read: Isaiah 63:7-9; Psalm 148; Hebrews 2:10-18; Matthew 2:13-23 or the Scriptures from the traditional service, Nine Lessons & Carols
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the First Sunday after Christmas
Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word: Grant that this light, enkindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Do: Sing more Christmas carols!
[from my post 12 Ways To Savor the 12 Days of Christmas]
The Anglican worship service sings only Advent hymns during the month of December. We try to follow suit at home. Although -- I'm not gonna lie -- long about December 2 this year I caught Brian singing "Santa, Baby" in the kitchen one morning! The Sunday after Christmas our church worships with a 100-year-old service called Nine Lessons and Carols, or in the words of our former beloved worship pastor, the last gasp of Christmas. With the frenetic pace of December, don't you love the idea of Christmas caroling at a nursing home or around an elderly friend's old upright piano during the last week of Christmas?
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