{"id":11824,"date":"2025-12-02T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=11824"},"modified":"2025-11-29T13:45:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T19:45:31","slug":"coming-soon-christmas-song-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2025\/coming-soon-christmas-song-8.html","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon: Christmas Song #8!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->\n\n\n<p>Yes, this is the 8th year that I&#8217;ve done a series about some of the great Christmas carols, Christmas songs. Why break the tradition now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shakespeare-cartoon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shakespeare-cartoon.png 275w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shakespeare-cartoon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This song, like many, has some unusual roots. In fact, we might have to ask if William Shakespeare would be shocked if he knew how this one turned out. At the end of the 1500s and dawning of the 1600s, he pointed out the irony of &#8211; well, we&#8217;ll get into that later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a shorter song, but still one with some profound truth about the birth of the Saviour. 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