We were at Old Sturbridge Village, and Christmas Carols were sung at the lighting ceremony. I don't need the lyric sheets no matter how many verses are sung, and I know not only standard harmonies but some of the extra frills learned over the years. I sing loudly in a crowd. Son #5 looked at me and said "Christmas Carols are your Super Bowl every year, aren't they?" They are, and I couldn't be happier.
Monday, December 30, 2024
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We stayed home (vs travel) during the time my work was closed for the holidays this year, and being in-town and not-at-work meant I could congregate with the other parishioners for the carol-sing and seemingly innumberable services that happen between the 4th Sunday o Advent and the (yet to come) Epiphany. We're continually reminded that for Episcopals, Chrismas is definitely NOT over on the 25th.
And I've been continually reminded (by noticing) during this time that in the Episcopal church music leaders are required to use only the "official" versions in their approved hymnbooks, and that "The_Hymnal_1982" uses both different _words_ and different _harmonizations_ for all the standard carols. If I've forgotten my reading glasses, I might as well not sing.
This is an excellent basis for a sermon on the three-legged stool versus the earlier division of spirit versus law. I would not do it as an adult class, because too many people would believe they have valid opinions about this, which they don't. Get up there and tell them what to do, Douglas. The world will be a better place.
I don't mind too much if people remain sticky about the Advent Carols vs Christmas. But even that is past its sell-by date at this point. Such lessons do not instruct, but merely annoy when less than half your congregation understands what is even being discussed.
Surely it's better than the Superbowl that you merely watch, and have no chance to play in.
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