Christmas Songs vs Kingdom Songs

by joelbear 5 Replies latest jw friends

  • joelbear
    joelbear

    I went to see a friend play piano in a christmas play yesterday and for the first time it struck me how similar the melody and cadence to some of the Christmas ballads are to Kingdom songs.

    Anyone else noticed this?

    Joel

  • Billygoat
    Billygoat

    I have. I've also noticed some of the songs at my church sound similar.

    Andi

  • orangefatcat
    orangefatcat

    i noticed it too years ago when they came out with the Kingdom Melodies. Did you know that in the early years of the organization they celebrated christmas and sang carols in the bethel? befor the purple song book came out many of the songs in the old green song book had songs that were similar to church music. but i still think some of the songs sound christmasy

  • ISP
    ISP

    Yeah I like some of those old favorites.......

    'O Little Town of Brooklyn'

    'Rudoplh the Red Nosed Eldeer'

    'Silent Meeting'...[Night]

    ISP

  • ISP
    ISP

    Yeah I like some of those old favorites.......

    'O Little Town of Brooklyn'

    'Rudoplh the Red Nosed Eldeer'

    'Silent Meeting'...[Night]

    ISP

  • anewperson
    anewperson

    Some Christmas and other songs were in the public domain so re-written by the WTS for meetings. Please give me specifics if you can of which ones in the current WTS brown-colored book remind you most of the ones in your church's song book, and what the names of those are in the church song book. This could be interesting. Seems like there was also once an Awake or WT article on this...

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