Lesson 1: Gabriel Appears to Mary Luke 1:26-38
Carol 1: What Child Is This?
Words: Trad. English Carol adapted by William C. Dix (c. 1865); Music: Greensleeves (16th century English melody); Public Domain
Lesson 2: An Angel Appears to Joseph Matthew 1:18-25
Carol 2 “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”
Words: Latin antiphons (12th century), Latin Hymn (1710), tr. John Mason Neale (1851, alt. 1961); Music: Plainsong (13th century), arr. Thomas Helmore (1856); Public Domain
Lesson 3: The Birth of Jesus Luke 2:1-7
Carol 3 “O Holy Night”
Words: John S. Dwight (1812-1893); Music: Adolphe Adam (1803-1856); Public Domain
Lesson 4: Shepherd and Angels Glorify God Luke 2:8-21
Carol 4 “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
Words: Charles Wesley (1739); Music: Arr. Mendelssohn (1840); Public Domain
Lesson 5: Magi Worship Jesus Matthew 2:1-12
Carol 5 “We Three Kings”
Words & Music: John H. Hopkins (1820-1891), alt.; Public Domain
Lesson 6: Simeon Sees God’s Salvation, Jesus Christ Luke 2:25-38
Carol 6 “Joy to the World”
Words: Based on Psalm 98, Isaac Watts (1719); Music: George Frederick Handel (1742), arr. Lowell Mason (1836); Public Domain
Postlude Carol “Silent Night”
Words: Joseph Mohr (1792-1849), tr. st. 1, 3, John Freeman Young (1820-1885), tr. st. 2, 4, Anonymous; Music: Franz Grüber (1787-1863); Public Domain