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Description Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas by Ace Collins, Clint Hansen (Illustrator) 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 · rating details · 368 ratings · 68 reviews Behind the Christmas songs we love to sing lie fascinating stories that will enrich your holiday celebration. Taking you inside the nativity of over thirty favorite songs and carols, Ace Collins introduces you to people you ve never met, stories you ve never heard, and meanings you d never have imagined. The next time you and your family sing "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," you ll have a new understanding of its message and popular roots. You ll discover how "Angels from the Realms of Glory," with its sublime lyrics and profound theology, helped usher in a quiet revolution in worship. You ll learn the strange history of the haunting and powerful "O Holy Night," including the song s surprising place in the history of modern communications. And you ll step inside the life of Mark Lowry and find out how he came to pen the words to the contemporary classic "Mary, Did You Know?" Still other songs such as "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" trace back to mysterious origins--to ninth-century monks, nameless clergy, and unknown commoners of ages past. Joining hands with such modern favorites as "White Christmas" and "The Christmas Song," they are part of the legacy of inspiration, faith, tears, love, and spiritual joy that is Christmas. From the rollicking appeal of "Jingle Bells" to the tranquil beauty of "Silent Night," the great songs of Christmas contain messages of peace, hope, and truth. Each in its own way expresses a facet of God s heart and celebrates the birth of his greatest gift to the world--Jesus, the most wonderful Christmas Song of all."  Citing his Arkansas heritage, Ace Collins defines himself as a storyteller. In that capacity, Ace Collins has authored more than seventy books for 25 different publishers that have sold more than 2.5 million copies. His catalog includes novels, biographies, children’s works as well as books on history, culture and faith. He has also been the featured speaker at the National Archives Distinguished Lecture Series, hosted a network television special and does college basketball play-by-play. In 2014 Ace is releasing Man’s Best Hero, a book on dog heroes, a courtroom novel, The Color of Justice, that examines racial prejudice in 1964, and a groundbreaking ebook series, In The President’s Service, that provides readers with a new adventure each month. His first devotional book, Music For Your Heart, was released in late 2013 and earned numerous five star reviews and a fall novel, The Cutting Edge, mixed suspense, romance and intrigue in a tale of survival and victory. In the summer of 2013, Ace’s novel from Abingdon, Darkness Before Dawn, earned scores of great reviews and was chosen by several different book clubs and publications as one of the top reads of 2013. This novel also made the most inspiring book list on iTunes in July and Hope For Women’s “Top Five Summer Reads.�?Collins has two more novels and a nonfiction release scheduled for 2015. Sharing Widget |
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