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Music & Video Suggestions for Advent & Christmas 2023

Music Suggestions for December 3 – 31, 2023

The Advent-Christmas videos below are free to use and can be easily downloaded from our Vimeo channel. If it is helpful for your purposes, please feel free to edit the opening or closing messages if doing so better suits your needs. As a team effort, we make these available as a Christmas gift to our subscribers and purchasers, as well as anyone else who happens to cyber-stumble upon them! RK & CB

December 3 – 1st Sunday of Advent – HOPE

“A Minimal Hymn”
“An Uneasy Carol”
“Come, Christmas Child”
“Dream a Dream”
“Dust and Ashes”
“Hands Shaped Like a Cradle” (Advent Text Version)
“Look Toward Christmas”
“Star Child”
“Where Is the Room?”

A video for Advent 1 — HOPE

“Elizabeth’s Greeting”

(inspired by the poetry of Walter Farquharson)

December 17 – 3rd Sunday of Advent – JOY

“All That We Have”
“Child in Manger”
“Dream a Dream”
“Hands Shaped Like a Cradle” (Advent Text Version)
“In Night’s Deep Silence”
“Look Toward Christmas”
“Peace Child”
“Star Child”
“Where Is the Room?”

A video for Advent 3 — JOY

“Joy Is Now in Every Place”

(German Carol melody, ca 1500)

December 10– 2nd Sunday of Advent – PEACE

“A Minimal Hymn”
“An Uneasy Carol”
“Come, Christmas Child”
“Dream a Dream”
“Dust and Ashes”
“Hands Shaped Like a Cradle”(Advent Text Version)
“Look Toward Christmas”
“Star Child”
“Where Is the Room?”

A video for Advent 2 — PEACE

“Put Peace into Each Other’s Hands”

(inspired by the poetry of Fred Kaan)

December 24 – 4th Sunday of Advent – LOVE

“Child in Manger”
“Come, Christmas Child”
“Daughter Mary Saying Yes”
“Dream a Dream”
“Hands Shaped Like a Cradle” (Advent Text Version)
“In Night’s Deep Silence”
“Star Child”
“Where Is the Room?”
“Woman of Favour”

A video for Advent 4 — LOVE

“Hold the Child Gently”

(inspired by the poetry of Walter Farquharson)

December 24 & 25

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

“All Over Creation”
“Child in Manger”
“Child, When Herod Wakes”
“Come Christmas Child”
“Dream a Dream”
“Gift of New Sight”
“Her Baby Newly Breathing”
“Hold the Child Gently”
“In Night’s Deep Silence”
“No Obvious Angels?”

December 31

1st Sunday after Christmas Day/Holy Name of Jesus/Mary, Mother of God

“A Hymn on Music & Praise”
“Always There’s a Carol”
“God, How Majestic Is Your Name”
“Hold the Child Gently”
“Peace Child”
“There Is No Child So Small”

January 1

New Year’s Day

“Come In, Come In, New Year”
“Daughter Mary Saying Yes”
“Dream a Dream”
“God, How Majestic Is Your Name”
“Holy One” (General Version)
“In the Quiet of This Day”
“Now All within This Place”
“The Wine of Life”
“There Is No Child So Small”