The Reader's Digest Merry Christmas Songbook
Publisher: Readers Digest
Published: November 1, 1981
Language: eng
Format: Spiral-bound
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780895771056
Subjects: Seasonal; Music; Music/Songbooks; Religious - Christian; Songbooks - General; Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional; Carols; Christmas music
First sentence: Many years ago, shepherds tending their flocks in the wintry hills of southern France had a custom of calling to one another on Christmas Eve, each from his own peak, singing "Gloria in excelsis Deo, gloria in excelsis Deo," just as the angels might have first announced the birth of Christ.