This is an interesting pairing, matching up the #1 Easter and Christmas songs of some of the English-speaking world. I remember before I was baptized asking my mom which was a bigger holiday, Christmas or Easter. The latter, my Baptist parent said. Easter is much more important for what it signifies to the Christian.
But again, you are not voting on the relative theological merits of either feast, just on these particular pieces of music we sing to celebrate them.
Meanwhile, in the first day of polling the Veni’s, the contest was even through the first several hours. Now “O Come O Come Emmanuel” has pulled into a 13-7 lead. But its only late in the first half there. There’s still a tomorrow.
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