TREE LIGHTING CAROLS

O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant!
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him, born the King of Angels:
O come, let us adore him,O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above!
Glory to God in the highest:
O come, let us adore him,O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled”
Joyful, all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies.
With the angelic host proclaim: “Christ is born in Bethlehem!”
Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!”
Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings, ris’n with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by, born that we no more may die.
Born to raise the sons of earth, born to give them second birth.
Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born king”

God rest you merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay,
for Jesus Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day,
to save us all from Satan’s pow’r when we were gone astray:
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
Now to the Lord sing praises, all you within this place,
and with true love and brotherhood each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas doth bring redeeming grace.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
How lovely are your branches!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
How lovely are your branches!
Not only green in summer’s heat,
But also winter’s snow and sleet.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, How lovely are your branches!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
Of all the trees most lovely;
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
Of all the trees most lovely.
Each year you bring to us delight
With brightly shining Christmas light!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
Of all the trees most lovely.

Angels we have heard on high
singing sweetly through the night,
and the mountains in reply
echoing their brave delight.
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
See him in a manger laid
whom the angels praise above;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
while we raise our hearts in love.
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Jingle Bells
Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh
O’er the fields we go, laughing all the way.
Bells on bobtail ring, making spirits bright
Oh what fun to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
Now the ground is white, go it while you are young,
take the girls tonight and sing this sleighing song;
Just get a bobtailed bay two forty as his speed.
Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack! you’ll take the lead.
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh.

Silent night, holy night
all is calm, all is bright
round yon virgin mother and child.
Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace,
sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia,
Christ the Savior is born,
Christ the Savior is born.
Silent night, holy night!
Son of God love’s pure light.
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth,
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth.