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' Dylan Serrao ' playing 'We Three Kings of Orient ' 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Last Day - January 6, 2026 (Feast of the Epiphany) : “We Three Kings”  — originally titled “Three Kings of Orient”  — was written in 1857  by John Henry Hopkins Jr. , an American priest, writer, and musician. Hopkins was serving as the rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania  when he composed it. He wrote the carol specificall

OneMoreSong Chorus (SSA) & OneMoreSong Jr. Choral Ensemble  singing ' We wish you a merry Christmas ' ( Arthur Warrell  | arr. Emily Crocker ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 25 - December 25, 2025 : “ We Wish You a Merry Christmas ” is one of the few Christmas carols that isn’t religious in origin. Its earliest roots trace back to the English West Country , likely the 16th century , where it was sung by carolers who visited weal

Sian Machado playing ' Jesus, Jesus, rest your head ' 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 12 - December 12, 2025 : “ Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head ” is a gentle Appalachian folk carol  with roots deep in the oral traditions of rural Kentucky. Like many American folk hymns, its exact origin is unknown, but its earliest documented collection comes from John Jacob Niles , a pioneering folklorist and composer who traveled through the App

Sonia, Ravina, Ruby, Laveena, Karen, Lynette, Larissa (Voice) | Samuel (Piano) (Lyrics: Phillips Brooks | Music: Lewis Redner ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 11 - December 11, 2025 : The carol was written in 1868  by Phillips Brooks , an American Episcopal priest. Brooks had visited Bethlehem in 1865 , three years earlier, during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The peaceful night he spent there deeply moved him and inspired t

Rafael Almeida (Violin) | Samuel Dsouza (Piano) playing “ When Christ Was Born of Mary Free ” 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 10 - December 10, 2025 : “ When Christ Was Born of Mary Free ” is not a mainstream carol, and is one that is still relatively unknown to general audiences. I myself stumbled upon it during this Project. Let’s step back into the 15th century  with the timeless Medieval English carol  which celebrates the

Zoe Dsouza playing ' Silent Night ' (Lyrics: Joseph Mohr | Music: Franz Xaver Gruber ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 6 - December 6, 2025 : ' Silent Night ', or ‘ Stille Nacht ’ in the original German, was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at the Nikolauskirche in Oberndorf, Austria . The carol began as a poem written in 1816, by a young priest, Joseph Mohr , who later asked Franz Xaver Gruber , a local schoolteacher and

O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum) (Tune: Melchior Franck | Lyrics: Ernst Anschutz) | Adelciya, Salome, Lynette, Lovey, Larissa (Voice) | Samuel Dsouza (Piano) 🎄 Welcome, everyone to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄  Day 1 - December 1, 2025 : Today, as we step into December 2025, let's bring in the festive season with a spin on the carol ‘O Christmas Tree’. Is it even related to Christmas? Well, grab a cup of cocoa, cozy up with your loved ones, and