Sing of the Holidays That End the Year

Music: Coranto. By William Byrd. Sequenced by John Sankey.

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Sing of the holidays that end the year! Each cause for celebration and reflection. As darkness rules the earth, sing of good cheer, Sustained by will and nourished by affection. Of Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year's Eve, Now sing that you might magnify the light! Sing, for in your joy you will believe, Granted grace throughout the bitter night. Rekindle for these reckonings the fire Each carries as a favor to the heart, Eloquent of rapture and desire, Twin grounds of both sincerity and art. In quest of fellowship and common feeling, Needing company, nor care concealing, Giving and receiving equal measure, Sing, then, of passion, faith, and simple pleasure!