is a must for Christmas’ traditional opening hymn, and an experience the congregation in Hadley has been missing for half a decade. “Sometimes you can feel the whole building shake,” said ...

One of my favorite Christmas hymns was introduced to me when I was a young adult with a 2-year-old daughter. I learned it at a church choir practice and thought it was mournfully beautiful.

Some pop versions of the carol, such as Destiny’s Child’s (slightly odd) 2001 R&B rendition, use only the first verse of the original hymn. But most hymn sheets and Carols for Choirs books use three ...

Here's a list of Christmas hymns that capture the reason for the season. Find a mix of modern and traditional religious Christmas songs to play on the holiday.