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12/18/16 - NNHS Newsletter - Love Came Down at Christmas (Fourth Sunday in Advent)
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have
loved you, that ye also love one another.
-
John 13:34-35 |
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Dear
Friends and Schoolmates,Today is the Fourth Sunday in Advent, which this week emphasizes Love. In the last dozen years we've never used Love Came Down at Christmas as a theme. I'm not positive, but I think I learned the carol as a child at Trinity Methodist Church. At any rate, it popped instantly into my mind. I hadn't realized Christina Rossetti's sweet and simple poem had been set to music by at least four different composers, but this version is the gentle tune I remembered. I hope you enjoy it.
BONUS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0-rt-i7SEg - Love Came Down at Christmas - Matt Oltman and CORO Vocal Artists
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Came_Down_at_Christmas:
"Love Came Down at Christmas" is a
Christmas
poem by
Christina Rossetti. It was first published without a title in
Time Flies: A Reading Diary in 1885. It was later included in the
collection Verses in 1893 under the title "Christmastide".[1] The poem has been set to music as a Christmas carol by many composers including Harold Darke, Leo Sowerby, John Kelsall and John Rutter[2] and is also sung to the traditional Irish melody "Garton".[3] More recently, the poem was given a modern treatment by Christian band Jars of Clay on their 2007 album, Christmas Songs.[4] American composer Jennifer Higdon set the text for solo soprano, harp and four-part chorus.[5] A new setting by the British composer David J Loxley-Blount was performed in Southwark Cathedral on 8 December 2014 by the Financial Times Choir conducted by Paul Ayres. It was repeated by the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree on 11 December 2014.[6] Studwell describes the poem as "simple, direct and sincere" and notes that it is a rare example of a carol which has overcome the disadvantage of "not having a tune (or two or three) which has caught the imagination of holiday audiences..."[7] |
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy Birthday today to James Strickland ('57)!
Happy Birthday tomorrow to
Durwood Adams ('57)
AND
the late Suzie
Bauz ('63)
(deceased 11/03/14)!
Happy Birthday this week to:
20 -
Ellen Carney Manson ('63) of SC;
21 -
Ray Stinnette ('63) of VA;
22 -
Kitty Norman Haskins ('57) of VA
AND Elliott Schlosser ('63)
AND
Dottie Pegram Daniels (NNHS /
George
Washington HS - '64) of WV
AND
Harry Barritt ('64) of VA AND
Dale Mueller ('64) of VA
AND
Bill
Rash ('67) of VA;
24 -
James Gay ('57)
AND
Ann W. Hutcheson ('57)
AND
Malcolm Davis ('65) of
VA
AND
Sandye Jordan
Frost ('67) of NC;
25 -
Patsy Bloxom Meider ('57) of NC
AND
Doug Dickinson ('69) of VA!
Many Happy
Returns, One and All!
100 YEARS AGO TODAY:
December 18, 1916 -
World War I: The
Battle of Verdun ended when German forces under
Chief of staff
Erich von Falkenhayn were defeated by the French, and suffered
337,000 casualties.
THIS DAY IN
WWII:
December 18, 1939 -
December 18, 1944 -
77
B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S.
Fourteenth Air Force bombed
Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base.
THIS DAY IN 1966: |
Sunday, December 18, 1966 -
Saturn's
moon
Epimetheus was discovered by astronomer Richard Walker. Sunday, December 18, 1966 - Footballer and sportscaster Gianluca Pagliuca was born in Bologna, Italy. Sunday, December 18, 1966 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist Mille Petrozza was born Miland Petrozza, possibly in Essen, Germany. |
From My Friend, Susan, of NC - 12/17/14: -
Thomas S. Monson,
1987
Thanks so much, Susan!
“As we seek Christ,
as we find Him, as we follow Him, we shall have the Christmas spirit,
not for one fleeting day each year, but as a companion always. We shall
learn to forget ourselves. We shall turn our thoughts to the greater
benefit of others.”
(b. 21 Aug 1927)
From Malcolm
Davis ('65) of VA - 12/17/16 - "
Chip Clark
(20 Aug 1947 - 12 June 2010):
Celebrating 100 Years":
I was just web surfing and look
what I found. http://naturalhistory.si.edu/onehundredyears/profiles/Chip_Clark.html
OHHH,
thank you so much, Malcolm!
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“Older
people shouldn't eat health food, they need all the preservatives they can
get.”
- Robert Orben(b. 04 Mar 1927) |
From George Helliesen ('61) of VA
- 11/20/16 - "Four Legged Soldiers (#28 in a series of 30)":
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MORE WOWZERS!
Thanks, George!
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BONUS
CHRISTMAS STORY:
From My Friend, Tammy, of UT - 12/07/14
- "Daily Christmas Story (#18 in a Series of 24)":
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Thank you so
very much, Tammy!
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http://www.mrfood.com/Misc-Desserts/Cherry-Nut-Cobbler/ml/1 - Cherry Nut Cobbler - "Be ready for loads of compliments when you serve up this yummy Cherry Nut Cobbler. Lots of shortcuts make it easy for you, but they'll never know that you didn't really fuss!"From Me ('65) of NC - 12/17/15:
From www.ajokeaday.com - 12/17/16:
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NNHS CLASS OF '65 WEB SITE:
http://www.nnhs65.com
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![]() "Love Came Down at Christmas" lyrics courtesy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Came_Down_at_Christmas - 12/17/16
Fourth Sunday of
Advent (LOVE) Image courtesy of
https://greenhillpc.wordpress.com/2014 - 11/26/16
Navy Seal clip art courtesy of
http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06 Animated Ringing Christmas Bell clip art (designed by Art Holden) courtesy of http://www.animationfactory.com - 12/08/05
Animated BOO-HOO courtesy of Glenn Dye ('60) of TX - 08/28/09 |