Their yellow-orange windows, like Christmas candles, are reflected in the ice-bound Charles River. In the silence of falling snow, sleigh bells and laughter crescendo as the Longfellow family ...

American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) is renowned for the musicality of his verses, and “Christmas Bells” is no exception. The 1863 poem—the first stanza is excerpted above ...

Christmas Bells (Longfellow); Suo gan (Welsh lullaby arr Guest); Luke 2v1-14; Joy to the world; Away in a manger (arr Williams); John 1:1-14; Mary Had a baby (Sargent); O little town of Bethlehem ...