Full Lyrics
NARRATOR
Welcome to Christmas! Throughout our season of rejoicing, we celebrate the coming of Christ... and the wonders of His love.
CHOIR
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King.
Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room,
And heav'n and nature sing.
Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns,
Let all their songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy!
NARRATOR
And Mary brought forth her firstborn son, wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger.
CHOIR
What Child is this, who laid to rest,
On Mary's lap is sleeping,
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing.
Haste, haste to bring Him laud,
The babe, the Son of Mary!
NARRATOR
It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old, of angels bending near the earth, to touch their harps of gold. Christ is our wondrous song that resonates through the ages, thanks to His sacrifice of love.
CHOIR
The holly and the ivy when they are fully grown,
Of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown, the crown.
The holly bears a blossom, as white as lily flow'r,
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ, to be our dear Savior!
O the rising of the sun, and the running of the deer,
The playing of the merry organ, sweet singing in the choir.
O the singing in the choir!
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love;
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love;
The wonders of His love,
His love!
