Like many timeless carols, it speaks not just to the coming of Jesus Christ into a divided world, many years ago, but also of the relevance even today of the angel's message of peace and goodwill.
And of course, we have the Iranian mystic poet Rumi imploring us in ode after ode to get drunk and out of our minds so we can become blissfully present in the wow of now.
Songs sung to the sun god became Christmas carols celebrating Christ's birth after Christianity became the dominant religion in the region, and gifts exchanged in honor of the old god came to honor the new Christian deity.
Of " Maybe I'm Amazed" , usually interpreted as an ode to Linda, his first wife, he insists that: " Starting with myself, the characters who appear in my songs are imagined."
We remember the year Mom and Dad went crazy. We remember the year Santa punched out the caroler. But for me, this was the year that the word " Tradition" ...got a lot bigger.
But we'll sing Christmas trees and Christmas cake, Christmas dinner on a Christmas plate, Christmas carols on a cold, cold night, let it snow and make this Christmas white. Come on! Yeah!
How they suffered and died. And how they sang before and after battle. One song, more than any other, caught the spirit of the Union soldiers of the North.
But the odes of Keats and of Wordsworth, a poem or two by Coleridge, a few more by Shelley, discovered vast realms of the spirit that none had explored before.
She is likely to be supporting the Prince of Wales at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday in November. She is also working on a carol service to take place in December.
This film is more than just entertainment; it's a celebration of China's rising soft power, a testament to the enduring influence of art and culture to foster understanding and connection.
Scrooge is a character very much associated with this time of year. He's the central figure in A Christmas Carol, a classic by the English writer Charles Dickens.