While Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra sing Lewis Redner’s melody, most English carol books use this: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Vaughan Williams). Picture: IMSLP/Vaughan Williams This version takes ...

On Christmas Eve in 1865, Phillips Brooks (1835-93), a gangling young American Episcopalian, rode the perilous journey from Jerusalem to Bethlehem ... tune Forest Green, which he had collected ...

“O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie,” begins a beloved Christmas carol sung since 1868, paying homage to Jesus’ birthplace. But have you heard of Bethlehem, Connecticu ...