A Christmas Celebration 2020 - readings, prayers and music as presented in the churches of Clapham, Keasden, Austwick and Eldroth

Including:

Come and join the celebration (Collison Valerie) Christmas Children's Choir: Christmas Classics For Children

O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel, translated John Mason Neale) The Cathedral Singers & John Bell: God Comes Tomorrow

Reading 1: The Birth of Jesus Foretold Luke 1.26-38

The holly and the ivy (English traditional carol) Kate Rusby: Sweet Bells

Reading 2: The Birth of Jesus Luke 2.1-7

O little town of Bethlehem (Phillips Brooks) The Choirboys: The Carols Album

The House of Christmas - G.K. Chesterton

Reading 3: The Shepherds and the Angels Luke 2.8-20

Angels from the realms of glory (James Montgomery) The Sixteen & Harry Christophers: A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection from The Sixteen

Reading 4: The Visit of the Wise Men Matthew 2.1-12

As with gladness men of old (William Chatterton Dix) The Sixteen & Harry Christophers: A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection from The Sixteen

Reading 5: Jesus Is Presented in the Temple Luke 2.21-38

On Christmas night all Christians sing (Sussex Carol, traditional, attributed to Luke Wadding) Katie McMahon: Christmas Angels

In Memoriam (Ring out, wild bells) - Alfred Lord Tennyson

O come all ye faithful (traditional, original Latin: Adeste Fideles) Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Simon Preston & Sir David Willcocks: Essential Carols - The Very Best of King's College, Cambridge

God rest ye merry gentlemen (English traditional carol) Ivan Parker: Christmas Dreaming