Christmas With The Tabernacle Choir

THE WORLD RENOWNED MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH A SPECIAL CONCERT FEATURING INTERNATIONALLY-ACLAIMED TENOR ROLANDO VILLAZN. I SAW THREE SHIPS COME SAILING IN, ON CHRISTMAS DAY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY, I SAW THREE SHIPS COME SAILING IN, ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING. I SAW THREE SHIPS COME SAILING IN, ON CHRISTMAS DAY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY, I SAW THREE SHIPS COME SAILING IN, ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING. AND WHAT WAS IN THOSE SHIPS ALL THREE? ON CHRISTMAS DAY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY; AND WHAT WAS IN THOSE SHIPS ALL THREE? ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING. OUR SAVIOR CHRIST AND HIS LADY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY; OUR SAVIOR CHRIST AND HIS LADY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING. PRAY, WHITHER SAILED THOSE SHIPS ALL THREE? ON CHRISTMAS DAY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY; PRAY WHITHER SAILED THOSE SHIPS ALL THREE? ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING. O, THEY SAILED IN TO BETHLEHEM, ON CHRISTMAS DAY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY; O, THEY SAILED IN TO BETHLEHEM, ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING. ACROSS THE SANDY SEA CAME SAILING HOPE WITHIN THEIR HEARTS PREVAILING WISE AND NOBLE KINGS A SAILING ONE BRIGHT STAR THE HEAV'NS UNVEILING ALL THE BELLS ON EARTH SHALL RING ON CHRISTMAS DAY ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND ALL THE BELLS ON EARTH SHALL RING ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING. AND ALL THE ANGELS IN HEAV'N SHALL SING, ON CHRISTMAS DAY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY; AND ALL THE ANGELS IN HEAV'N SHALL SING, ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING. ALL THE SOULS ON EARTH SHALL SING, ON CHRISTMAS DAY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY; AND ALL THE SOULS ON EARTH SHALL SING, ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORN, ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING, CHRISTMAS DAY, CHRISTMAS DAY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORN, ON CHRISTMAS DAY; REJOICE ALL, ON CHRISTMAS DAY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY; THEN LET US ALL REJOICE AGAIN! ON CHRISTMAS DAY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY, ON CHRISTMAS DAY, CHRISTMAS DAY, CHRISTMAS DAY, CHRISTMAS DAY, CHRISTMAS DAY, THIS CHRISTMAS DAY

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COME THEY TOLD ME PA RUM PA PUM PUM OUR NEWBORN KING TO SEE PA RUM PA PUM PUM OUR FINEST GIFTS WE'LL BRING PA RUM PA PUM PUM TO LAY BEFORE THE KING PA RUM PA PUM PUM RUM PA PUM PUM RUM PA PUM PUM SO TO HONOR HIM PA RUM PA PUM PUM WHEN WE COME BABY JESU PA RUM PA PUM PUM I'M A POOR BOY TOO PA RUM PA PUM PUM I HAVE NO GIFT TO BRING PA RUM PA PUM PUM THAT'S FIT TO GIVE A KING PA RUM PA PUM PUM RUM PA PUM PUM RUM PA PUM PUM SHALL I PLAY FOR YOU PA RUM PA PUM PUM ON MY DRUM MARY NODDED PA RUM PA PUM PUM OX AND ASS KEPT TIME PA RUM PA PUM PUM I PLAYED MY DRUM FOR HIM PA RUM PA PUM PUM I PLAYED MY BEST FOR HIM PA RUM PA PUM PUM RUM PA PUM PUM RUM PA PUM PUM THEN HE SMILED AT ME PA RUM PA PUM PUM ME AND MY DRUM THEN HE SMILED AT ME PA RUM PA PUM PUM ME AND MY DRUM ME AND MY DRUM ME AND MY DRUM ME AND MY DRUM ME AND MY DRUM ME AND MY DRUM MY DRUM >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED TENOR, ROLANDO VILLAZN.

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FA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA! 'TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY! FA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA! DON WE NOW OUR GAY APPAREL, FA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA! TROLL THE ANCIENT YULETIDE CAROL. FA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA! SEE THE BLAZING YULE BEFORE US, FA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA! STRIKE THE HARP AND JOIN THE CHORUS! FA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA! FOLLOW ME IN MERRY MEASURE, FA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA! WHILE I TELL OF YULETIDE TREASURE. FA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA! FA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA! FAST AWAY THE OLD YEAR PASSES, FA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA! HAIL THE NEW, YE LADS AND LASSES! FA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA! SING WE JOYOUS ALL TOGETHER, FA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA! HEEDLESS OF THE WIND AND WEATHER, FA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA! DECK THE HALL WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA DON WE NOW OUR GAY APPAREL FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA TROLL THE ANCIENT YULETIDE CAROL FA LA LA LA LA FA LA LA LA LA FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA FA LA LA LA FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA

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HOW EXCELLENT, HOW EXCELLENT THY NAME, O LORD, IN ALL THE WORLD IS KNOWN, ABOVE THE HEAV'NS, O KING, ADOR'D, ABOVE THE HEAV'NS, O KING, ADOR'D, HOW HAST THOU SET THY GLORIOUS THRONE, THY GLO-RIOUS THRONE, O KING, ADOR'D, HOW HAST THOU SET THY GLORIOUS THRONE, ABOVE THE HEAV'NS, O KING, ADOR'D, HOW HAST THOU SET THY GLORIOUS THRONE, HOW HAST THOU SET THY GLO-RIOUS THRONE! HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH

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CHRISTMAS CHILDREN PEEP INTO CHRISTMAS WINDOWS SEE A WORLD AS PRETTY AS A DREAM CHRISTMAS TREES AND TOYS CHRISTMAS HOPES AND JOYS CHRISTMAS PUDDINGS RICH WITH CHRISTMAS CREAM CHRISTMAS PRESENTS SHINE IN THE CHRISTMAS WINDOWS CHRISTMAS BOXES TIED WITH PRETTY BOWS WONDER WHAT'S INSIDE WHAT DELIGHTS THEY HIDE BUT 'TIL CHRISTMAS MORNING NO-ONE KNOWS WON'T IT BE EXCITING IF IT SNOWS I SUPPOSE THAT CHILDREN EVERYWHERE WILL SAY A CHRISTMAS PRAYER TILL SANTA BRINGS THEIR CHRISTMAS THINGS CHRISTMAS CHILDREN LIVE IN A CHRISTMAS DAYDREAM WAITING FOR THE MAGIC TO UNFOLD WONDROUS THINGS TO EAT EVERY CHRISTMAS TREAT RICH OR NOT THE CHRISTMAS POT OF GOLD HYPNOTIZES CHILDREN YOUNG AND OLD CHRISTMAS CHILDREN HUNGER FOR CHRISTMAS MORNING CHRISTMAS DAYS A WONDER TO BEHOLD YOUNG ONES DREAMS COME TRUE NOT SO YOUNG ONES TOO I BELIEVE THAT STORY WE'VE BEEN TOLD CHRISTMAS IS FOR CHILDREN YOUNG AND OLD CHRISTMAS IS FOR CHILDREN YOUNG AND OLD

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>> ROLANDO VILLAZN: I AM SO EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU, SO EXCITED TO SHARE THIS FANTASTIC EVENING OF CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. A TIME OF UNION, AND EMPATHY. IN WHICH WE WELCOME EVEN STRANGERS WITH OPEN ARMS, AND OPEN OUR DOORS AND OUR HEARTS IN THOSE IN NEED. IT SHOULD BE LIKE THAT EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. THE STORY THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO TELL YOU SPEAKS ABOUT ALL THIS. IT'S A CLASSIC FROM HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON. PLEASE JOIN US NOW IN REMEMBERING AND RE-TELLING THIS BELOVED CLASSIC, THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL. ON THIS HOLY NIGHT ALL HEAVEN SWEETLY SMILED WHEN ANGELS GATHERED 'ROUND TO WELCOME HEAVEN'S CHILD. MAY WE THIS CHRISTMAS EVE, AS ANGELS AT HIS BIRTH, ENFOLD EACH PRECIOUS CHILD IN LOVE AND PEACE ON EARTH. >> ROLANDO VILLAZN: IT WAS NEARLY NIGHTFALL. THE ORPHAN GIRL BLINKED AWAY SNOWFLAKES FALLING IN HER EYES. EVERYONE WAS BUNDLED AND BUSY. A WAGON SPRAYED ICE ACROSS THE GIRL'S FEET. "OUT OF THE WAY," THE WHEELS GRUMBLED. BUT THE CHILD WAS NOT AFRAID AND DID NOT STEP BACK. SHE STOOD BRAVELY, HOLDING OUT ALL SHE HAD IN THE WORLD-- HER LAST BUNDLE OF WOODEN MATCHES-- SAVED FOR SELLING THIS CHRISTMAS EVE. AS THE TIDE OF DARKNESS ROSE, THE PEOPLE EBBED AWAY, DISAPPEARING ACROSS COURTYARDS AND AROUND CORNERS. BUT THEIR PATHS WOULD NOT LEAD THEM TO CHRISTMAS-- NOT AT LEAST TO THE LOVE AND COMPASSION OF CHRISTMAS. THAT WAS ALREADY STANDING SILENTLY BEFORE THEM. AND THAT, THEY HAD PASSED BY UNAWARE. AND SO THE LITTLE SOLITARY GIRL REMAINED UNNOTICED. WHEN FINALLY THE STREETS WERE EMPTY, THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL RETREATED TO A CORNER BETWEEN TWO STONE HOUSES. SHE TUCKED HER LITTLE HANDS UNDER HER ARMS AND BURIED HER FACE IN THE SHREDS OF HER DRESS. BUT SHE COULDN'T WITHDRAW FOR LONG. SHE HAD TO LOOK UP AND OUT. AND AS SHE DID, SHE SPIED A DULL, YELLOW, GAS LAMP. IT WAS A SMALL BUT STEADY FLAME, LIKE THE FAITH THAT FLICKERED IN HER HEART. IF ONLY SHE COULD WARM HERSELF IN ITS GLOW. BUT WAIT... SHE ALREADY HAD A FIRE! DIGGING INTO HER POCKET, SHE DREW OUT A MATCH. "RISCHT!" IN AN INSTANT, IT WAS BLAZING BEFORE HER. SHE HELD HER HAND IN FRONT OF THE FLAME AND IMAGINED SHE WAS SITTING BEFORE A STOVE. SOMEONE WAS FILLING THE BASKET OF WOOD NEARBY. THE CHILD STRETCHED OUT HER FEET. AHHH! AT LAST! FIRELIGHT KISSED HER DELICATE FINGERS AND TOES. THE AIR ENFOLDED HER IN A BLANKET OF KINDNESS. IN THE CHRISTMAS CHILL, A SPARK BECOMES A FLAME WHEN CHRISTMAS GIFTS OF LOVE BESPEAK THE SEASON'S NAME. FOR CHRISTMAS IS A FIRE THAT MELTS THE FEARFUL SOUL, AND WARMS THE WOUNDED HEART, AND MAKES THE SPIRIT WHOLE. >> ROLANDO VILLAZN: BUT AS HER EYES CLOSED, THE LITTLE MATCH BLEW OUT. "NO! NO! COME BACK!" SHE EXCLAIMED, "COME BACK!" SHE REACHED INTO HER POCKET. "JUST ONE MORE," SHE THOUGHT, AS SHE PULLED OUT ANOTHER MATCH. "RISCHT!" AGAIN, A LONG FLAME REACHED UP. BRIGHT LIGHTS FLICKERED IN HER SHINING EYES. SHE IMAGINED SHE WAS STARING INTO A MAGNIFICENT CHANDELIER. SUDDENLY, THE WALL OF THE STONE HOUSE DISAPPEARED AND SHE COULD SEE A GREAT DINING ROOM. A WOMAN WAS LAYING THE TABLE WITH A STEAMING GOOSE, AND SWEET BREAD, BRIMMING WITH SPICES AND CANDIED FRUIT. THE CHILD'S LIPS PARTED WITH WONDER. WHEN THE CUPBOARD'S BARE AND WE'VE NO CHRISTMAS FEAST, HUMILITY IS BORN, AND GRATITUDE INCREASED. THEN LET OUR BOUNTY BE A FOUNT OF GRACE AND LOVE FOR ALL WHOM GOD WOULD FEED WITH MERCY FROM ABOVE. >> ROLANDO VILLAZN: BUT AGAIN, AS THE LITTLE GIRL CLOSED HER EYES, A SNOWFLAKE LANDED ON THE MATCH, AND A WISP OF SMOKE ROSE INTO THE NIGHT AIR. "NO! DON'T LEAVE ME! COME BACK!", SHE CRIED, "COME BACK!" DESPERATELY, SHE REACHED FOR ANOTHER MATCH. BEFORE SHE COULD STOP HERSELF, SHE WAS STRIKING IT AGAINST THE WALL. "RISCHT!" IN THE FLASH OF LIGHT, SHE SAW A SPARKLING SILVER ORNAMENT. IT WAS HELD BY GRACEFUL HANDS AND PLACED UPON THE GREEN BOUGHS OF A CHRISTMAS TREE. THE CHILD LIFTED HER EYES. UP, UP, UP. A THOUSAND LIGHTS. A HUNDRED THOUSAND FACETS OF BEAUTY AND WONDER AND JOY. STARS DANCING IN THE SKY. "YES," SHE THOUGHT, "YES, THIS IS HEAVEN." WHEN THE LEAVES HAVE FLOWN AND EVERY BRANCH IS BARE, OUR CHRISTMAS TREE IS LIFE FOR ALL SOULS EVERYWHERE. SO LIFT YOUR EYES AND SEE THIS TREE OF LIFE AND LIGHT, THAT SHINES AS HEAVEN'S STAR, UPON THAT HOLY NIGHT. >> ROLANDO VILLAZN: AS SHE GASPED WITH DELIGHT, HER EYES CLOSED AND THE MATCH WENT OUT. THE BRILLIANT STARS TUMBLED DOWN AND THE GREAT TREE DISAPPEARED. BOWING HER HEAD, WARM TEARS FELL ONTO HER FREEZING HANDS AND SHE COVERED THE LAST OF HER MATCHES. FIRE IN THE STOVE, A FEAST ON THE TABLE, LIGHTS ON THE TREE. HOW COULD THESE BE GONE?, SHE WONDERED. THERE WAS SOMETHING REAL IN THEM. SOMETHING ALIVE. SOMETHING WAITING. BELIEVING AS A CHILD, SHE LIFTED THE REMAINING MATCHES AND SPOKE TO THEM SIMPLY, "CAN YOU BRING CHRISTMAS BACK? CAN YOU GIVE ME THAT BEAUTIFUL WORLD AGAIN?" WITH A PRAYER POUNDING IN HER HEART, SHE SCRAPED THE MATCHES AGAINST THE STONE WALL-- ALL OF THEM AT ONCE. "RISCHT!" FOR A MOMENT, NOTHING CAME. BUT THEN, SLOWLY, A SINGLE FLAME TOOK HOLD AND BURST INTO A BOUQUET OF FIRE. AS SHE PEERED INTO THE BLAZE, SHE HEARD A FAMILIAR VOICE. "COME, LITTLE ONE." SHE KNEW THIS RUSTLING OF SKIRTS, THIS SWEET FRAGRANCE. "GRANDMOTHER", SHE CRIED, TURNING AROUND. "YOU ARE HERE!" THE KINDLY WOMAN GATHERED THE CHILD IN HER ARMS, WHISPERING, "YES, DEAR ONE, I AM HERE, AS I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN." THEN, LIKE A GREAT SWAN SPREADING HER WINGS, SHE WRAPPED HER GRANDDAUGHTER IN A WHITE SHAWL. GRANDMOTHER TOOK HER TINY HAND AND DREW HER CLOSE. "I HAVE COME TO YOU, SO YOU CAN COME WITH ME." THE LITTLE GIRL FELT WARMTH FLOW INTO HER FEET AND HANDS AND THE TWO ROSE SILENTLY INTO THE NIGHT. THE CHILD'S DRESS WAS FULL NOW, WITH PETTICOATS FLOWING AND A PRETTY BLUE SASH DANCING IN THE WINTER WIND. SHE LOOKED OUT--SNOW SPARKLED ACROSS THE ROOFTOPS, AND MOONLIGHT TURNED THE RIVER INTO A SILVERY RIBBON. FOR JUST A MOMENT, THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL LOOKED DOWN INTO THE STREET. ALAS! A POOR CHILD WAS RESTING AGAINST THE WALL, WITH BURNED OUT MATCHSTICKS AROUND HER, AND A SMILE OF PERFECT HAPPINESS ON HER LIPS. "WHEN I COME BACK," SHE THOUGHT TO HERSELF, "I WILL BRING THAT BRAVE CHILD MORE CHRISTMAS MATCHES. I'LL BRING A WHOLE BUNDLE OF THEM." SQUEEZING HER GRANDMOTHER'S HAND, SHE LOOKED UP INTO THE WARM LIGHT OF HEAVEN. STARS WERE GATHERING IN THE OPEN PORTALS, WAITING TO DANCE WITH JOY. SHE WOULD NEVER LOOK DOWN AGAIN. THE NEXT MORNING, PEOPLE GLANCED AT THE CHILD'S BODY AND TURNED AWAY. THEY COULD ONLY IMAGINE THAT SHE HAD BEEN ABANDONED THERE, ALONE IN THE DARKNESS. BUT THE TRUTH IS, SHE WAS NEVER ALONE. WHAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WAS THAT IN HER LAST MOMENTS, SHE HAD DRAWN ON THE LIGHT SHE HAD--ON EVERYTHING WITHIN HER-- TO KINDLE THE VISIONS OF CHRISTMAS. AND IN RETURN, CHRISTMAS HAD BROUGHT HER THE LOVE OF FAMILY, THE COMPASSION OF HEAVEN, AND A PATHWAY HOME. AS SNOWFLAKES FELL IN THE MATCH GIRL'S EYES, HER TEARS WERE WASHED AWAY. AND THE FIRE IN HER HEART BURNED ON, BRIGHT AND STRONG, FOREVER AND EVER. ON THIS HOLY NIGHT ONCE HOST TO HEAVEN'S JOY, THE ANGELS GATHERED 'ROUND TO WELCOME HEAVEN'S BOY. MAY WE THIS CHRISTMAS EVE, AS ANGELS AT HIS BIRTH, PROCLAIM HIS HOLY LOVE AND SING HIS PEACE ON EARTH. PEACE ON EARTH

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O COME LITTLE CHILDREN O COME ONE AND ALL O COME TO THE CRADLE IN BETHLEHEM'S STALL COME LOOK IN THE MANGER THERE SLEEPS ON THE HAY AN INFANT SO LOVELY IN LIGHT BRIGHT AS DAY THE HAY IS HIS PILLOW THE MANGER HIS BED THE BEASTS STAND IN WONDER TO GAZE ON HIS HEAD YET THERE IN THE STABLE SO HUMBLE AND POOR COME SHEPHERDS AND WISEMEN TO KNEEL AT HIS DOOR O BOW WITH THE SHEPHERDS ON LOW BENDED KNEE WITH HEARTS FULL OF THANKS FOR THE GIFT WHICH WE SEE O SING LITTLE CHILDREN TO HIM YOU ADORE SING JOY TO THE WORLD LOVE AND PEACE EVER MORE O SING LITTLE CHILDREN TO HIM YOU ADORE SING JOY TO THE WORLD LOVE AND PEACE EVER MORE LOVE AND PEACE EVER MORE >> ROLANDO VILLAZN: AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS, THAT THERE WENT OUT A DECREE FROM CESAR AUGUSTUS, THAT ALL THE WORLD SHOULD BE TAXED. AND ALL WENT TO BE TAXED, EVERY ONE INTO HIS OWN CITY. AND JOSEPH ALSO WENT UP FROM GALILEE, OUT OF THE CITY OF NAZARETH, INTO JUDEA, UNTO THE CITY OF DAVID, WHICH IS CALLED BETHLEHEM, TO BE TAXED WITH MARY, HIS ESPOUSED WIFE, BEING GREAT WITH CHILD. AND SO IT WAS THAT, WHILE THEY WERE THERE, THE DAYS WERE ACCOMPLISHED THAT SHE SHOULD BE DELIVERED. AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRST-BORN SON, AND WRAPPED HIM IN SWADDLING CLOTHES, AND LAID HIM IN A MANGER; BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR THEM IN THE INN. AND THERE WERE IN THE SAME COUNTRY, SHEPHERDS ABIDING IN THE FIELD, KEEPING WATCH OVER THEIR FLOCK BY NIGHT. AND, LO, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CAME UPON THEM,

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AND THEY WERE SORE AFRAID. AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO THEM, "FEAR

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FOR, BEHOLD, I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY, WHICH SHALL BE TO ALL PEOPLE. FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID, A SAVIOR, WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD. AND THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO YOU; YE SHALL FIND THE BABE WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHES, LYING IN A MANGER." AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS WITH THE ANGEL A MULTITUDE OF THE HEAVENLY HOST PRAISING GOD, AND SAYING, GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN. ANGELS FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY WING YOUR FLIGHT O'ER ALL THE EARTH YE WHO SANG CREATION'S STORY NOW PROCLAIM MESSIAH'S BIRTH GLO-RI-A IN EXCELSIS DEO GLO-RI-A IN EXCELSIS DEO SHEPHERDS IN THE FIELDS ABIDING WATCHING O'ER YOUR FLOCKS BY NIGHT GOD WITH MAN IS NOW RESIDING YONDER SHINES THE INFANT LIGHT GLO-RI-A IN EXCELSIS DEO GLO-RI-A IN EXCELSIS DEO SAGES LEAVE YOUR CONTEMPLATIONS BRIGHTER VISIONS BEAM AFAR SEEK THE GREAT DESIRE OF NATIONS YE HAVE SEEN HIS NATAL STAR GLO-RI-A IN EXCELSIS DEO GLO-RI-A IN EXCELSIS DEO SAINTS BEFORE THE ALTAR BENDING WATCHING LONG IN HOPE AND FEAR SUDDENLY THE LORD DESCENDING IN HIS TEMPLE SHALL APPEAR ALHOUGH AN INFANT NOW WE VIEW HIM HE SHALL FILL HIS FATHER'S THRONE GATHER ALL THE NATIONS TO HIM EVERY KNEE SHALL THEN BOW DOWN GLO-RI-A IN EXCELSIS DEO GLO-RI-A IN EXCELSIS DEO GLO-RI-A GLORIA DEO

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>>NARRATOR: FOR MORE MUSIC FROM THIS PERFORMANCE, BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEOS AND INFORMATION ABOUT PAST CONCERTS, GO TO PBS.ORG/MORMONTABERNACLECHOIR. GLO-RI-A IN EXCELSIS DEO GLO-RI-A GLORIA DEO