Here\u2019s \u201cWhat Child Is This\u201d performed by Lindsey Stirling:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>And here\u2019s \u201cSussex Carol\u201d performed by the Annie Moses Band:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SUSSEX CAROL (Live) - ANNIE MOSES BAND\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fjHSlGlx5cE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>That last video comes with a <a href=\"http:\/\/honeyandlocusts.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/20\/against-sappy-christmas-songs\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">hat tip to John Gardner<\/a>, whose post about sappy Christmas songs appeared around the same time as <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkchristian.net\/the-necessity-of-sad-christmas-songs?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThinkChristian+%28Think+Christian+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Aaron Belz\u2019s on the necessity of sad Christmas songs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s \u201cWhat Child Is This\u201d performed by Lindsey Stirling: And here\u2019s \u201cSussex Carol\u201d performed by the Annie Moses Band: That last video comes with a hat tip to John Gardner, whose post about sappy Christmas songs appeared around the same time as Aaron Belz\u2019s on the necessity of sad Christmas songs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[645,1606,1852,3407,5253,6594,7803,11973,13397],"class_list":["post-11548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-annie-moses-band","tag-carol","tag-christmas","tag-fiddle","tag-instrumental","tag-lindsey-stirling","tag-music","tag-strings","tag-violin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spectacular Violin Christmas Carols<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here's "What Child Is This" performed by Lindsey Stirling: And here's "Sussex Carol" performed by the Annie Moses Band: That last video comes with a hat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/12\/spectacular-violin-christmas-carols.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spectacular Violin Christmas Carols\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here's "What Child Is This" performed by Lindsey Stirling: And here's "Sussex Carol" performed by the Annie Moses Band: That last video comes with a hat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/12\/spectacular-violin-christmas-carols.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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