What is Christmas to you?

What is Christmas to you? Is it the Christmas decoration at the mall, busy shopping for gifts to make sure there are gifts under the tree and for gifts exchange, turkey dinners with family and friends, another excuse for party and clubbing, going on holiday and shouts of “Merry Christmas” to people we meet?

The following literal English translation of the lyrics of “O Holy Night” (French: “Cantique de Noël”), a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem “Minuit, chrétiens” (Midnight, Christians) by Placide Cappeau (1808–1877), is what Christmas to me.

 

O Holy Night

Midnight, Christians, is the solemn hour,

When God as man descended unto us

To erase the stain of original sin

And to end the wrath of His Father.

The entire world thrills with hope

On this night that gives it a Saviour.

People, kneel down, await your deliverance.

Christmas, Christmas, here is the Redeemer,

Christmas, Christmas, here is the Redeemer!

May the ardent light of our Faith

Guide us all to the cradle of the infant,

As in ancient times a brilliant star

Guided the Oriental kings there.

The King of Kings was born in a humble manger;

O mighty ones of today, proud of your greatness,

It is to your pride that God preaches.

Bow your heads before the Redeemer!

Bow your heads before the Redeemer!

The Redeemer has broken every bond:

The Earth is free, and Heaven is open.

He sees a brother where there was only a slave,

Love unites those that iron had chained.

Who will tell Him of our gratitude,

For all of us He is born, He suffers and dies.

People, stand up! Sing of your deliverance,

Christmas, Christmas, sing of the Redeemer,

Christmas, Christmas, sing of the Redeemer!

 

Wishing you and your loved ones a Blessed Christmas!

 

For more on this song, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Holy_Night

 

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