{"id":9699,"date":"2019-11-12T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=9699"},"modified":"2019-10-05T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T18:23:03","slug":"the-other-greatest-christmas-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2019\/the-other-greatest-christmas-song.html","title":{"rendered":"The Other Greatest Christmas Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

As some of you may remember, last year I did a series on what I considered to be the greatest Christmas song of all time, a bit of a reaction to some of the ridiculous lists of “greatest Christmas songs” that I was hearing about. You can read the whole series here: The Greatest Christmas Song: Index\/Resources<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Used with permission and adapted from photo by Delwin Steven Campbell<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The song I chose was Adeste Fideles<\/em>, known in English as O Come, All Ye Faithful<\/em>. But in the end, I was actually waffling between two different songs that could easily have been number one.<\/strong> So, this year, I’m going to take the next few weeks to talk about the <\/strong>other<\/strong><\/em> greatest Christmas song!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like Adeste Fideles<\/em>, this other song has made its way into popular culture. Well known in the recording industry, it has been recorded many times by many famous artists, and made it to #14 on the billboards in the USA a few years ago when it was sung by Carrie Underwood. It has found its way into the movies also, and has been translated into many languages including Sinhala and Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In spite of its popularity, many people don’t know its rather controversial history, and neither do they know most of the words. But we’re going to do a deep dive into this one over the next few weeks, so brace yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And for those music nerds who need one more hint, let’s just say – get ready to hear the welkin ring!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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