Twelve Days of Christmas (2009)

selected by Peter F. Whyte

As an aid to your meditation, here is a selection of hymns and prayers for the 12 Days of Christmas 2009–2010.

Dec 25: Jesus Christ is Born Today (Timothy Dudley-Smith)
Dec 26: Word supreme, before creation (John Keble)
Dec 27: The Gift of Gifts (ed. Arthur Bennett)
Dec 28: Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour (Frank Houghton)
Dec 29: There was no room in Bethlehem (Margaret Clarkson)
Dec 30: Thou didst leave thy throne (Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliott)
Dec 31: For thy mercy and thy grace (Henry Downton)
Jan 1: Father, let me dedicate (Lawrence Tuttiett)
Jan 2: Child in the manger (Mary Macdonald)
Jan 3: Let all mortal flesh keep silence (Liturgy of St. James, 5th cent.)
Jan 4: Jesus! Name of wondrous love (W. Walsham How)
Jan 5: Of the Father’s love begotten (Aurelius Clemens Prudentius)
Jan 6 (Ephiphany): Earth has many a noble city (Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, tr. Edward Caswall)

standard citation for this article:
Peter F. Whyte, “Twelve Days of Christmas (2009)”, Nativity 2009, Gilnahirk Baptist Church Web site. http://www.gilnahirkbaptist.org.uk/resources/worship/12-days-2009.php (accessed 31 Jul 2010).

Twelve Days of Christmas (2009)

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