...no, I am not a Christmas Scrooge, but sometimes the crass - TopicsExpress



          

...no, I am not a Christmas Scrooge, but sometimes the crass materialism of this season leaves me a tad bewildered. This carol is amongst my favourites and this version all the more so because it reflects the care, love and gentleness of womankind. The Coventry Carol is an English Christmas carol dating from the 16th century. The carol was traditionally performed in Coventry in England as part of a mystery play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. The play depicts the Christmas story from chapter two in the Gospel of Matthew: the carol itself refers to the Massacre of the Innocents, in which Herod ordered all male infants under the age of two in Bethlehem to be killed, and takes the form of a lullaby sung by mothers of the doomed children....enjoy. https://youtube/watch?v=QfYHhGGfjZs
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:06:49 +0000

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