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29 Days of Advent – 29 phrases from familiar Christmas carols
1 – How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given! (O Little Town of Bethlehem, #144)
2 – He comes to break oppression, to set the captives free. (Hail to the Lord’s Anointed, #140)
3 – Come as a baby weak and poor, to bring all hearts together. (Awake! Awake, and Greet the New Morn, #138)
4 – God with us, revealed in us, His name is called Emmanuel. (Emmanuel, Emmanuel, #134)
5 – When god is a child there’s joy in our song. (When God Is a Child, #132)
6 – So come, our Sovereign; enter in! (Lift Up Your Heads, O Mighty Gates, #129)
7 – From our fears and sins release us; Christ, in whom our rest shall be. (Come, O Long-expected Jesus, #125)
8 – O come, Desire of nations, bind all peoples in one heart and mind. (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, #119)
9 – A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices! (O Holy Night)
10 – Let every heart prepare Him room! (Joy to the World, #143)
11 – Then He smiled at me, pa-rum-pa-pum-pum, me and my drum. (Little Drummer Boy)
12 – Radiant beams from thy holy face, with the dawn of redeeming grace. (Silent Night, Holy Night, #145)
13 – Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask thee to stay. (Away in a Manger, #147)
14 – Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation. (O Come, All Ye Faithful, #148)
15 – God with us is now residing, yonder shines the infant light. (Angels, from the Realms of Glory, #149)
16 – God and sinners reconciled! (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, #150)
17 – When peace shall over all the earth its ancient splendors fling. (It Came upon the Midnight Clear, #153)
18 – Come adore on bended knee, Jesus, joy of heav’n and earth. (Angels We Have Heard on High, #155)
19 – She bore to us a Savior when half spent was the night. (Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming, #160)
20 – We rejoice in the light, and we echo the song. (There’s a Song in the Air!, #159)
21 – The promise of ages it then did recall. (I Wonder as I Wander, #161)
22 – The King of kins salvation brings, let loving hearts enthrone Him. (What Child Is This, #162)
23 – With the poor, the scorned, the lowly, lived on earth our Savior holy. (Once in Royal David’s City, #165)
24 – Go, tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is born. (Go Tell It on the Mountain, #167)
25- The Child, the Child, sleeping through the night, He will bring us goodness and light. (Do You Hear What I Hear?)
26 – From paradise to earth He came, that we with Him might dwell. (Gesu Bambino)
27 – Yet what can I give Him? Give Him my heart. (In the Bleak Midwinter)
28 – To save us all from Satan’s power, when we had gone astray. (God Rest Ye Merry)
29 – On, on they send, on without end, their joyful tone, to every home. (Carol of the Bells)
