{"id":332,"date":"2020-10-14T13:21:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T13:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/?p=332"},"modified":"2020-11-01T11:35:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T11:35:27","slug":"fredgrams-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/fredgrams-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"FredGrams for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"result\">\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/card_list\/202\/\">Go directly to the musical CHRISTMAS CARDS at FREDGRAMS.com.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelswe-have-heard-on-high1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1004\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelswe-have-heard-on-high1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"1)angelswe-have-heard-on-high[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelswe-have-heard-on-high1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelswe-have-heard-on-high1-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelswe-have-heard-on-high1-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelswe-have-heard-on-high1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelswe-have-heard-on-high1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>English words translated from the French by British Catholic bishop James Chadwick (1813-1882). Music: traditional French carol arranged by American Frederick Shippen Barnes(1887-1958). Most striking for its soaring chorus of &#8220;Gloria in excelsis Deo&#8221; (Glory to God in the highest).\u00a0<a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/579\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/481\">Ave Maria (Gounod-Bach) (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Blessed-Virgin-Mary1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1003\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Blessed-Virgin-Mary1-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"1)Blessed-Virgin-Mary[1]\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Blessed-Virgin-Mary1-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Blessed-Virgin-Mary1-768x957.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Blessed-Virgin-Mary1-822x1024.jpg 822w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Blessed-Virgin-Mary1-400x498.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Blessed-Virgin-Mary1-260x324.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Blessed-Virgin-Mary1-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Blessed-Virgin-Mary1.jpg 859w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Melody (1853) by French operatic (&#8220;Faust&#8221;) composer Charles Gounod(1818-1893)superimposed upon the Prelude #1 in C Major (1722) from the &#8220;Well Tempered Clavier&#8221; BWV 846 of J.S. Bach(1685-1750). The Latin text &#8220;Ave Maria&#8221; (Hail Mary) is the traditional Catholic prayer invoking the intercession of the Holy Mother.\u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/481\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1nativity-scene-g-cuffia1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1002\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1nativity-scene-g-cuffia1-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"1)nativity-scene-g-cuffia[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1nativity-scene-g-cuffia1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1nativity-scene-g-cuffia1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1nativity-scene-g-cuffia1-260x174.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1nativity-scene-g-cuffia1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1nativity-scene-g-cuffia1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/182\">Away In A Manger (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Words: author unknown; music by James Ramsey Murray, 1883. Originally entitled (falsely) &#8220;Luther&#8217;s Cradle Song&#8221; as a marketing gimmick on the 400th anniversary of Martin Luther&#8217;s birth. It has been sung to over 40 different musical settings, the most popular being this one and the traditional Scottish song, &#8220;Flow Gently, Sweet Afton.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/182\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/195\">Carol Of The Bells (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1handbells1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1001\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1handbells1-300x281.jpg\" alt=\"1)handbells[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1handbells1-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1handbells1-768x720.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1handbells1-400x375.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1handbells1-260x244.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1handbells1-100x94.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1handbells1.jpg 987w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<p><strong>Words by Peter Wilhousky, music by Mikola Leontovych, 1921. Based on a Ukrainian folk chant celebrating the returning of the light and spring.\u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/195\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1Joseph-Egypt1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-834\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1Joseph-Egypt1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"1)Joseph-Egypt[1]\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1Joseph-Egypt1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1Joseph-Egypt1-400x534.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1Joseph-Egypt1-260x347.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1Joseph-Egypt1-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1Joseph-Egypt1.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/580\">Coventry Carol (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>English carol dating back to the 16th century, traditionally performed in Coventry as part of a mystery play about Herod&#8217;s &#8220;Massacre of the Innocents&#8221; (Gospel of Matthew). An angel appears to Joseph in a dream, warning him to flee into Egypt with Mary and the infant Jesus. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/580\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"featured_products_image\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/202\">Deck The Halls (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2victorian11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1006\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2victorian11-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"2)victorian1[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2victorian11-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2victorian11-400x281.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2victorian11-260x183.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2victorian11-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2victorian11.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Music: &#8220;Nos Galan&#8221; (Welsh for &#8220;New Year&#8217;s Eve&#8221;), traditional carol, published in 1794; words attributed to a translation(from the Welsh) by Scottish songwriter Thomas Oliphant, 1866. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/202\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/202\">First Noel(The) (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Christmas_-_shepherds_alt-403x5491.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1007\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Christmas_-_shepherds_alt-403x5491-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"1)Christmas_-_shepherds_alt-403x549[1]\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Christmas_-_shepherds_alt-403x5491-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Christmas_-_shepherds_alt-403x5491-400x545.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Christmas_-_shepherds_alt-403x5491-260x354.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Christmas_-_shepherds_alt-403x5491-100x136.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Christmas_-_shepherds_alt-403x5491.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pagination\">\n<div class=\"pagination_main\">\n<div class=\"pagination\">\n<div id=\"result\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<p><strong>Traditional words &amp; music, going back to 18th century, in every published collection of carols from early 19th century onwards. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/300\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"reviw_send_button\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/581\">\u00a0Go Tell It On The Mountain (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-4159555940_eb5f7bb5c21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1008\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-4159555940_eb5f7bb5c21-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"2) 4159555940_eb5f7bb5c2[1]\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-4159555940_eb5f7bb5c21-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-4159555940_eb5f7bb5c21-260x336.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-4159555940_eb5f7bb5c21-100x129.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-4159555940_eb5f7bb5c21.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<p><strong>Traditional American Negro spiritual inspired by Biblical passage from Luke 2:11-&#8220;For unto you is born this day a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.&#8221; <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/581\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/583\">G<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1choir-of-angels-cappella-dei-magi1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1009\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1choir-of-angels-cappella-dei-magi1-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"1)choir-of-angels-cappella-dei-magi[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1choir-of-angels-cappella-dei-magi1-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1choir-of-angels-cappella-dei-magi1-400x315.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1choir-of-angels-cappella-dei-magi1-260x205.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1choir-of-angels-cappella-dei-magi1-100x79.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1choir-of-angels-cappella-dei-magi1.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/583\">od Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<p><strong>Authors unknown, traditional British carol with a medieval flavor although its first known publication is 1760. The meaning of the title (and first line) is clarified by the comma, really meaning &#8220;God grant you happiness, gentlemen.&#8221; Directly referenced in Dickens&#8217; &#8220;A Christmas Carol,&#8221; the animated sound of it driving Scrooge to distraction. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/583\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"reviw_send_button\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/216\">Good King Wenceslas (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wenceslas1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1010\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wenceslas1-2-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"1)wenceslas[1] (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wenceslas1-2-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wenceslas1-2-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wenceslas1-2-400x279.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wenceslas1-2-260x181.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wenceslas1-2-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wenceslas1-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<p><strong>Music: 13th century spring carol entitled &#8220;Tempus adest floridum&#8221; (&#8220;It is time for flowering&#8221;); words by British composer John Mason Neale, 1853. The original Wenceslas lived in 10th century Bohemia(now the Czech Republic) and was later canonized for his many kindnesses and immortalized for the same good deeds in this carol. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/216\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"thumb_wrap1\">\n<div class=\"featured_product_list\">\n<h3 class=\"featured_products_image\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1DB-f48r-d1l1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1016\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1DB-f48r-d1l1-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"1)DB-f48r-d1l[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1DB-f48r-d1l1-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1DB-f48r-d1l1-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1DB-f48r-d1l1-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1DB-f48r-d1l1-400x294.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1DB-f48r-d1l1-260x191.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1DB-f48r-d1l1-100x74.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1DB-f48r-d1l1.jpg 1252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/219\">Hallelujah Chorus (G.F. Handel) (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<p><strong>The &#8220;Hallelujah Chorus&#8221; from the oratorio &#8220;Messiah&#8221; (1742) by George Friderich(sic) Handel(1685-1759). Upon first hearing the work, the King of England, so emotionally stirred by what he was hearing,spontaneously stood from his seat, thereby establishing the tradition audiences the world over continue upon hearing the magnificent &#8220;Chorus.&#8221; <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/219\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/223\">Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1dreamstime_339807_2_statue_angels_trumpets-594x2691.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1017\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1dreamstime_339807_2_statue_angels_trumpets-594x2691-300x136.jpg\" alt=\"1)dreamstime_339807_2_statue_angels_trumpets-594x269[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1dreamstime_339807_2_statue_angels_trumpets-594x2691-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1dreamstime_339807_2_statue_angels_trumpets-594x2691-400x181.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1dreamstime_339807_2_statue_angels_trumpets-594x2691-260x118.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1dreamstime_339807_2_statue_angels_trumpets-594x2691-100x45.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1dreamstime_339807_2_statue_angels_trumpets-594x2691.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Words by Charles Wesley, 1739, music by Felix Mendelssohn(1809-1847). Wesley was the original leader of the Methodist movement, and the author of 6000 other hymns, including &#8220;Christ The Lord Is Risen Today.&#8221; <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/223\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pagination\">\n<div class=\"pagination_main\">\n<div class=\"pagination\">\n<div id=\"wrapper\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"content_center\">\n<div id=\"result\">\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wassail_large1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1020\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wassail_large1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"1)wassail_large[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wassail_large1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wassail_large1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wassail_large1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wassail_large1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wassail_large1-260x260.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wassail_large1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1wassail_large1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/717\">Here We Come A-Wassailing (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>English carol, mid-nineteenth century, celebrating the Christmas tradition of roaming packs of carolers singing from house to house in exchange for a nicely spiked shot of hot wassail (spiced punch). <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/717\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/578\">Holly And The Ivy, The (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/25aaaa0d2825568f3ffc0b6655e5b5cac1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1022\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/25aaaa0d2825568f3ffc0b6655e5b5cac1-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"2)5aaaa0d2825568f3ffc0b6655e5b5cac[1]\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/25aaaa0d2825568f3ffc0b6655e5b5cac1-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/25aaaa0d2825568f3ffc0b6655e5b5cac1-400x506.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/25aaaa0d2825568f3ffc0b6655e5b5cac1-260x329.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/25aaaa0d2825568f3ffc0b6655e5b5cac1-100x126.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/25aaaa0d2825568f3ffc0b6655e5b5cac1.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Words &amp; music at least as far back as the 17th century; seasonal\/solstice celebration of holly &amp; ivy dates back to pagan pre-Christianity. The vivid coloration and sturdiness of both these evergreens also make them powerful Christian symbols, as beautifully painted in this traditional British carol. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/578\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<h3 class=\"featured_products_image\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-starry-sky1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-starry-sky1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Processed with MaxIm DL\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-starry-sky1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-starry-sky1-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-starry-sky1-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-starry-sky1-260x175.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-starry-sky1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-starry-sky1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/716\">I Wonder As I Wander (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<p><strong>Appalachian carol created from a short vocal fragment sung to and expanded upon by musical folklorist John Jacob Niles. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/716\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"thumb_wrap1\">\n<div class=\"featured_product_list\">\n<h3 class=\"featured_products_image\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/711\">In The Bleak Midwinter (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1tumblr_ldjeg4gJgh1qctvfwo1_5001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1026\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1tumblr_ldjeg4gJgh1qctvfwo1_5001-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"1)tumblr_ldjeg4gJgh1qctvfwo1_500[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1tumblr_ldjeg4gJgh1qctvfwo1_5001-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1tumblr_ldjeg4gJgh1qctvfwo1_5001-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1tumblr_ldjeg4gJgh1qctvfwo1_5001-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1tumblr_ldjeg4gJgh1qctvfwo1_5001-260x260.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1tumblr_ldjeg4gJgh1qctvfwo1_5001-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1tumblr_ldjeg4gJgh1qctvfwo1_5001.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<p><strong>Poem (ca.1870) by British poet Christina Rossetti(1830-1894). First appearance as a Christmas carol in The English Hymnal in 1906 when set to music by composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934). <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/711\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1desert-at-night1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1027\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1desert-at-night1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"1)desert-at-night[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1desert-at-night1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1desert-at-night1-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1desert-at-night1-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1desert-at-night1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1desert-at-night1.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/239\">It Came Upon The Midnight Clear (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Originally an 1849 poem by American Edmund Sears, set to an 1850 tune entitled &#8220;Carol&#8221; by American Richard Storrs Willis, a pupil of Mendelssohn. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/239\">Preview This Card\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/241\">Jingle Bells (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Jingle-bells1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1028\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Jingle-bells1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"1)Jingle bells[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Jingle-bells1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Jingle-bells1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Jingle-bells1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Jingle-bells1-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Jingle-bells1-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Jingle-bells1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Jingle-bells1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Words &amp; music (1857) by Massachusetts organist &amp; music director James Lord Pierpont(1822-1893), distant relative of J.P Morgan. Originally published as &#8220;One Horse Open Sleigh,&#8221; intended as a Thanksgiving celebration, now universally associated with Christmas. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/241\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pagination\">\n<div class=\"pagination_main\">\n<div class=\"pagination\">\n<div id=\"wrapper\">\n<div id=\"content_center\">\n<div id=\"result\">\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-The_Birth_of_Jesus_21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1029\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-The_Birth_of_Jesus_21-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"1) The_Birth_of_Jesus_2[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-The_Birth_of_Jesus_21-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-The_Birth_of_Jesus_21-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-The_Birth_of_Jesus_21-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-The_Birth_of_Jesus_21-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-The_Birth_of_Jesus_21-260x260.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-The_Birth_of_Jesus_21-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-The_Birth_of_Jesus_21.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/585\">Joy To The World (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Text by prominent English Christian composer Isaac Watts(1674-1748), published in 1719; music adapted in 1839 from several disparate G.F. Handel themes by American musicologist Lowell Mason(1792-1872). Perhaps the most published of all Christian hymns. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/585\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/745\">Night Before Christmas, The-Part 1 (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/71135411d777488de97d31bc80f1831051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1032\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/71135411d777488de97d31bc80f1831051-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"7)1135411d777488de97d31bc80f183105[1]\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/71135411d777488de97d31bc80f1831051-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/71135411d777488de97d31bc80f1831051-400x562.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/71135411d777488de97d31bc80f1831051-260x365.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/71135411d777488de97d31bc80f1831051-100x140.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/71135411d777488de97d31bc80f1831051.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Known also as &#8220;A Visit From St. Nicholas,&#8221; published anonymously in 1823, then acknowledged in 1837 to have been authored by New York City literature professor Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863). Initially, Moore had thought having his name attached to light verse would hamper his reputation as a distinguished collegiate intellectual. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/745\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/86fbd123f4d75c96ac179a4d88bab2f0a1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1033\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/86fbd123f4d75c96ac179a4d88bab2f0a1-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"8)6fbd123f4d75c96ac179a4d88bab2f0a[1]\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/86fbd123f4d75c96ac179a4d88bab2f0a1-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/86fbd123f4d75c96ac179a4d88bab2f0a1-260x408.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/86fbd123f4d75c96ac179a4d88bab2f0a1-100x157.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/86fbd123f4d75c96ac179a4d88bab2f0a1.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/746\">Night Before Christmas, The-Part 2 (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Known also as &#8220;A Visit From St. Nicholas,&#8221; published anonymously in 1823, then acknowledged in 1837 to have been authored by New York City literature professor Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863). Initially, Moore had thought having his name attached to light verse would hamper his reputation as a distinguished collegiate intellectual. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/746\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/747\">Night Before Christmas, The-Part 3 (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7santa_claus_31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1034\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7santa_claus_31-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"7)santa_claus_3[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7santa_claus_31-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7santa_claus_31-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7santa_claus_31.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7santa_claus_31-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7santa_claus_31-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7santa_claus_31-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Known also as &#8220;A Visit From St. Nicholas,&#8221; published anonymously in 1823, then acknowledged in 1837 to have been authored by New York City literature professor Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863). Initially, Moore had thought having his name attached to light verse would hamper his reputation as a distinguished collegiate intellectual. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/747\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Christmas-Tree1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1035\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Christmas-Tree1-300x225.png\" alt=\"1)Christmas Tree[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Christmas-Tree1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Christmas-Tree1-400x301.png 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Christmas-Tree1-260x195.png 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Christmas-Tree1-100x75.png 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Christmas-Tree1.png 684w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/750\">Nutcracker Ballet: Act I\/Overture (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<p><strong>The Nutcracker, music by Peter Tchaikovsky, libretto by Marius Petipa based upon a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann. First produced in 1892 in St. Petersburg. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/750\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/708\">Nutcracker Ballet: March (Act I) (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/11nutcracker-soldiers1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1036\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/11nutcracker-soldiers1-300x249.gif\" alt=\"11)nutcracker-&amp;-soldiers[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/11nutcracker-soldiers1-300x249.gif 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/11nutcracker-soldiers1-400x331.gif 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/11nutcracker-soldiers1-260x215.gif 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/11nutcracker-soldiers1-100x83.gif 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>It is midnight, Christmas Eve; her nutcracker and all the toys have come alive! What an evening of magical surprises lies ahead for Clara! <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/708\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"reviw_send_button\">\n<div id=\"wrapper\">\n<div id=\"content_center\">\n<div id=\"result\">\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Nutcracker_SugarPlum_Mearnsr1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1037\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Nutcracker_SugarPlum_Mearnsr1-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"1)Nutcracker_SugarPlum_Mearnsr[1]\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Nutcracker_SugarPlum_Mearnsr1-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Nutcracker_SugarPlum_Mearnsr1-768x919.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Nutcracker_SugarPlum_Mearnsr1-856x1024.jpg 856w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Nutcracker_SugarPlum_Mearnsr1-400x479.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Nutcracker_SugarPlum_Mearnsr1-260x311.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1Nutcracker_SugarPlum_Mearnsr1-100x120.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/709\">Nutcracker Ballet: The Land Of Sweets (1) (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy) (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>In Act II of Pyotr Tchaikovsky\/Maurice Petipa&#8217;s &#8220;Nutcracker Ballet&#8221; (1892), Clara and her nutcracker-turned-Prince visit his kingdom, The Land Of Sweets. They are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy who has watched over the kingdom in the Prince&#8217;s absence. In honor of Clara having saved the Prince&#8217;s life in his duel with the Mouse King, a celebration of sweets and other exotic delicacies is presented. Here, the delicacy is the Sugar Plum Fairy herself&#8230;<a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/709\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/748\">Nutcracker Ballet: The Land Of Sweets (2) (Arabian Dance) (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1arabian-81.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1038\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1arabian-81-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"1)arabian-8[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1arabian-81-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1arabian-81-400x378.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1arabian-81-260x246.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1arabian-81-100x95.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1arabian-81.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>In Act II of Pyotr Tchaikovsky\/Maurice Petipa&#8217;s &#8220;Nutcracker Ballet&#8221; (1892) Clara and her Prince visit his kingdom, The Land Of Sweets. They are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy who has watched over the kingdom in the Prince&#8217;s absence. In honor of Clara having saved the Prince&#8217;s life in his duel with the Mouse King, a celebration of sweets and other exotic delicacies is presented. Here, coffee from Arabia. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/748\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/129ae54ff89007a8072d7392c2e9a9dec1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1039\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/129ae54ff89007a8072d7392c2e9a9dec1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"1)29ae54ff89007a8072d7392c2e9a9dec[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/129ae54ff89007a8072d7392c2e9a9dec1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/129ae54ff89007a8072d7392c2e9a9dec1-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/129ae54ff89007a8072d7392c2e9a9dec1-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/129ae54ff89007a8072d7392c2e9a9dec1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/129ae54ff89007a8072d7392c2e9a9dec1.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/705\">Nutcracker Ballet: The Land Of Sweets (3) (Chinese Dance) (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>In Act II of Pyotr Tchaikovsky\/Maurice Petipa&#8217;s &#8220;Nutcracker Ballet&#8221; (1892) Clara and her Prince visit his kingdom, The Land Of Sweets. They are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy who has watched over the kingdom in the Prince&#8217;s absence. In honor of Clara having saved the Prince&#8217;s life in his duel with the Mouse King, a celebration of sweets and other exotic delicacies is presented. Here, tea from China. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/705\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/706\">Nutcracker Ballet: The Land Of Sweets (4) (Russian Trepak) (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1040\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1031-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"1)03[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1031-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1031-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1031-1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1031-400x296.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1031-260x192.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1031-100x74.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>In Act II of Pyotr Tchaikovsky\/Maurice Petipa&#8217;s &#8220;Nutcracker Ballet&#8221; (1892) Clara and her Prince visit his kingdom, The Land Of Sweets. They are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy who has watched over the kingdom in the Prince&#8217;s absence. In honor of Clara having saved the Prince&#8217;s life in his duel with the Mouse King, a celebration of sweets and other exotic delicacies is presented. Here, candy canes from Russia. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/706\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/18325633432_66857a00c9_z1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1041\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/18325633432_66857a00c9_z1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"1)8325633432_66857a00c9_z[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/18325633432_66857a00c9_z1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/18325633432_66857a00c9_z1-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/18325633432_66857a00c9_z1-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/18325633432_66857a00c9_z1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/18325633432_66857a00c9_z1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/710\">Nutcracker Ballet: The Land Of Sweets (5) (Waltz Of The Flowers-Finale) (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>In Act II of Pyotr Tchaikovsky\/Maurice Petipa&#8217;s &#8220;Nutcracker Ballet&#8221; (1892) Clara and her Prince visit his kingdom, The Land Of Sweets. They are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy who has watched over the kingdom in the Prince&#8217;s absence. In honor of Clara having saved the Prince&#8217;s life in his duel with the Mouse King, a celebration of sweets and other exotic delicacies is presented. Following the waltzing flowers and a final dance by everyone, Clara &#8230;<a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/710\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/588\">O Christmas Tree (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1july-141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1042\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1july-141-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1)july-14[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1july-141-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1july-141-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1july-141-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1july-141-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1july-141-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1july-141-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1july-141.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Originally a German folk song from the early 19th century, &#8220;O Tannenbaum&#8221; (fir tree). The German lyrics (by Ernst Anschutz, 1824) sing praises to the tree&#8217;s reassuring evergreen beauty &amp; durability, not to anything related to Christmas. As the custom of Christmas trees came into vogue in the 19th century, the song became associated with the holiday. Authorship of the English words is sketchy, the ones used here being a rough composite of one vers\u2026 <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/588\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"reviw_send_button\">\n<div id=\"result\">\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2BlueLightNativitySet1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1044\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2BlueLightNativitySet1-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"2)BlueLightNativitySet[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2BlueLightNativitySet1-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2BlueLightNativitySet1-400x348.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2BlueLightNativitySet1-260x226.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2BlueLightNativitySet1-100x87.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2BlueLightNativitySet1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/261\">O Come All Ye Faithful (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Music attributed to a variety of 17th &amp; 18th century sources, John Francis Wade being the name that comes up most prominently. The original Latin (&#8220;Adeste Fideles&#8221;) text likewise is credited to different monastic orders all over Europe. The English text now commonly sung was composed in 1841 by British priest Frederick Oakley. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/261\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/584\">O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-music241.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1045\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-music241-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"1) music24[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-music241-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-music241-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-music241-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-music241-400x291.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-music241-260x189.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-music241-100x73.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-music241.jpg 1273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>A carol originally with Latin text set to a Gregorian chant dating back to the 9th Century AD. Translated into English by the great exiled British scholar\/missionary John Mason Neale in the 1850&#8217;s. Each verse of the original carol is one of the 7 &#8220;O Antiphons&#8221; (O come&#8230;) ceremonially recited during Advent Vespers leading up to Christmas. Each Antiphon heralds the coming Savior\/Messiah, addressing Him by a different name in each verse, Emmanuel\u00a0 <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/584\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-beautiful-night-sky-wallpaper-yvt1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1046\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-beautiful-night-sky-wallpaper-yvt1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2) beautiful-night-sky-wallpaper-yvt[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-beautiful-night-sky-wallpaper-yvt1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-beautiful-night-sky-wallpaper-yvt1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-beautiful-night-sky-wallpaper-yvt1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-beautiful-night-sky-wallpaper-yvt1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-beautiful-night-sky-wallpaper-yvt1-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-beautiful-night-sky-wallpaper-yvt1-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/587\">O Holy Night (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Cantique De Noel,&#8221; originally a poem entitled &#8220;Minuit, chretiens&#8221; (Midnight, Christians) by Cappeau, set to music in 1847 by French composer Adolph Adam (1803-1856). Translated into the familiar English version by Boston Unitarian minister and influential classical music critic John Sullivan Dwight (1813-1893) in 1855. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/587\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/589\">O Little Town Of Bethlehem (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/111184465503_a825128cd41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1047\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/111184465503_a825128cd41-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"1)11184465503_a825128cd4[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/111184465503_a825128cd41-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/111184465503_a825128cd41-400x308.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/111184465503_a825128cd41-260x200.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/111184465503_a825128cd41-100x77.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/111184465503_a825128cd41.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>1865 poem by Philadelphia Episcopal priest &amp; rector Phillip Brooks(1835-1893), inspired by a visit to Bethlehem, set to music by his church organist Lewis Redner. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/589\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelsrejoice1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1051\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelsrejoice1-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"1)angelsrejoice[1]\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelsrejoice1-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelsrejoice1-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelsrejoice1-400x577.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelsrejoice1-260x375.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelsrejoice1-100x144.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1angelsrejoice1.jpg 734w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/264\">Panis Angelicus (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Bread of Angels,&#8221; celebration of transubstantiation by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) for the Feast of Corpus Christi, set to music in 1872 by French organist\/composer Cesar Franck(1822-1890). <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/264\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/278\">Silent Night (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14_silentnight_jackdornothing1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1052\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14_silentnight_jackdornothing1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"1)4_silentnight_jackdornothing[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14_silentnight_jackdornothing1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14_silentnight_jackdornothing1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14_silentnight_jackdornothing1-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14_silentnight_jackdornothing1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14_silentnight_jackdornothing1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Original German words (&#8220;Stille Nacht,&#8221; 1816) by Austrian priest Joseph Mohr, set to music by schoolteacher Franz Gruber, first performed in Oberndorf near Salzburg, Christmas Eve, 1818. English words(1859) by American Episcopal priest John Freeman Young. Translated into nearly 150 languages. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/278\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"reviw_send_button\">\n<div id=\"result\">\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1103271.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1053\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1103271-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1)10327[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1103271-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1103271-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1103271-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1103271-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1103271-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1103271-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1103271.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/309\">Toyland (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Central theme from popular 1903 operetta and children&#8217;s classic &#8220;Babes In Toyland,&#8221; music by Victor Herbert(1859-1924), lyrics by Glen MacDonough. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/309\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/312\">Trees (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/212119526-winter-trees-over-blue-sky-in-mountain1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1054\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/212119526-winter-trees-over-blue-sky-in-mountain1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"2)12119526-winter-trees-over-blue-sky-in-mountain[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/212119526-winter-trees-over-blue-sky-in-mountain1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/212119526-winter-trees-over-blue-sky-in-mountain1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/212119526-winter-trees-over-blue-sky-in-mountain1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/212119526-winter-trees-over-blue-sky-in-mountain1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/212119526-winter-trees-over-blue-sky-in-mountain1-260x174.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/212119526-winter-trees-over-blue-sky-in-mountain1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/212119526-winter-trees-over-blue-sky-in-mountain1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Celebrated poem by Mahwah, New Jersey poet Joyce Kilmer (1913); set to music by American composer Oscar Rasbach (1922). One of America&#8217;s most recited poems for generations, often the subject of severe literary criticism for its technical literary faults. For the less dogmatic and more romantic amongst us, an unabashed celebration of nature and its dominant place in the life of the human spirit. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/312\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-12-days-of-christmas11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1056\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-12-days-of-christmas11-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"1) 12-days-of-christmas1[1]\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-12-days-of-christmas11-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-12-days-of-christmas11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-12-days-of-christmas11-400x403.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-12-days-of-christmas11-260x262.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-12-days-of-christmas11-100x101.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-12-days-of-christmas11.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/582\">Twelve Days Of Christmas, The (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Cumulative&#8221; game poem first published in England, 1780, set to music by British composer Frederic Austin(1872-1952)drawing upon a traditional folk tune. The 12 days of Christmas start with Christmas Day extending to Twelfth Night, the eve of Epiphany, January 6th. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/582\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/316\">Virgin&#8217;s Slumber Song (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1madonna-and-child-il-sassoferrato2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1057\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1madonna-and-child-il-sassoferrato2-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"1)madonna-and-child-il-sassoferrato[2]\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1madonna-and-child-il-sassoferrato2-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1madonna-and-child-il-sassoferrato2-400x496.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1madonna-and-child-il-sassoferrato2-260x322.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1madonna-and-child-il-sassoferrato2-100x124.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1madonna-and-child-il-sassoferrato2.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Music by German composer Max Reger (1872-1916), English words by Edward Teschemacher. German title is &#8220;Maria Wiegenlied,&#8221; Opus 76, number 52, composed between 1903-1912. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/316\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1magi21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1058\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1magi21-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"1)magi2[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1magi21-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1magi21-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1magi21-400x243.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1magi21-260x158.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1magi21-100x61.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1magi21.jpg 889w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/318\">We Three Kings (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Words &amp; music (1857) by Pennsylvania clergyman John Henry Hopkins, Jr. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/318\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/319\">We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Christmas)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2christmascheer-721.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1059\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2christmascheer-721-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"2)christmascheer-72[1]\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2christmascheer-721-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2christmascheer-721-400x535.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2christmascheer-721-260x348.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2christmascheer-721-100x134.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2christmascheer-721.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>16th century British carol, the best final word for celebrating not only Christmas but &#8220;a Happy New Year&#8221; as well. <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/319\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"reviw_send_button\">\n<div id=\"result\">\n<div class=\"list_view\">\n<div class=\"list_details\">\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1137854_14891_cantiga_1small1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1060\" src=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1137854_14891_cantiga_1small1-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"1)137854_14891_cantiga_1small[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1137854_14891_cantiga_1small1-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1137854_14891_cantiga_1small1-400x317.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1137854_14891_cantiga_1small1-260x206.jpg 260w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1137854_14891_cantiga_1small1-100x79.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1137854_14891_cantiga_1small1.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/320\">What Child Is This (Greensleeves) (Christmas)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Words by UK writer William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898), manager of a Glasgow insurance company, set to traditional folk song &#8220;Greensleeves&#8221; (Elizabethan era, 16th century). <a class=\"button_text\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/preview_jw\/320\">Preview This Card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"reviw_send_button\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/card\/card_list\/202\/\">Go directly to the musical CHRISTMAS CARDS at FREDGRAMS.com<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/fredgrams-history-christmas\/\">Read a history of Christmas on this Blog.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go directly to the musical CHRISTMAS CARDS at FREDGRAMS.com.\u00a0 English words translated from the French by British Catholic bishop James Chadwick (1813-1882). Music: traditional French carol arranged by American Frederick Shippen Barnes(1887-1958). Most striking for its soaring chorus of &#8220;Gloria&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/fredgrams-for-christmas\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,16,14,7,3,15,10,1,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1364,"href":"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions\/1364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/fredgrams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}