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Merry Christmas! Here are some of my family\u2019s favorite Romanian Christmas carols, with English translations of the words for those who may benefit from them. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Romanian Christmas Carols in translation<\/h1>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ASgeKN-fx4M<\/p>\n
Good morning this Christmas Eve!<\/strong><\/p>\n
Will you give us something or not? [repeat]<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
We too have come<\/p>\n
We wish you a healthy year<\/p>\n
May the holy Lord grant us<\/p>\n
Pretzels and walnuts galore!<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TXpr4N8U1so<\/p>\n
Behold the Carolers are Coming!<\/strong><\/p>\n
The flowers are white<\/p>\n
On the singers at night<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
They don\u2019t stop coming<\/p>\n
The flowers are white<\/p>\n
They are bringing God to us<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
True God<\/p>\n
The flowers are white<\/p>\n
The sun illuminated in beams<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\nO What Wonderful News<\/strong><\/p>\nIs shown to us in Bethlehem<\/p>\nThat the Virgin Mary<\/p>\nHas given birth to a baby boy<\/p>\nBy the Holy Spirit<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nIn Bethlehem Mary<\/p>\nCompleting her journey<\/p>\nIn a poor little place<\/p>\nIn that town<\/p>\nShe is giving birth to the Messiah<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nThe Eternal Son<\/p>\nWhom the Father sent to me<\/p>\nTo be born<\/p>\nAnd to grow<\/p>\nIn order to redeem us<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s5VQKk5X3xk<\/p>\nDown in Bethlehem<\/strong><\/p>\nThe sky is ablaze<\/p>\nThe Immaculate One<\/p>\nIs giving birth to Christ today<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nShe is giving birth in the oxen\u2019s stable<\/p>\nTo the King of all<\/p>\nThe Immaculate One<\/p>\nStands weeping softly<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nShe has no swaddling clothes<\/p>\nNo clothes to dress him in<\/p>\nHas the Immaculate One<\/p>\nFor the Son of the King<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nDon\u2019t cry, Holy Mother [repeat]<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nDon\u2019t cry, Holy Mother<\/p>\nWe will give you swaddling clothes,<\/p>\nImmaculate One,<\/p>\nWith which to swaddle the holy child<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nDown in Bethlehem [repeat]<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas! Here are some of my family\u2019s favorite Romanian Christmas carols, with English translations of the words for those who may benefit from them. Enjoy! Romanian Christmas Carols in translation \u00a0 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ASgeKN-fx4M Good morning this Christmas Eve! Will you give us something or not? [repeat] \u00a0 We too have come We wish you a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":93033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15726,63,14975],"tags":[1606,1614,1804,1852,2011,2216,6847,10536],"class_list":["post-93032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-music","category-romania","tag-carol","tag-carols","tag-choir","tag-christmas","tag-colinde","tag-corul-madrigal","tag-madrigal","tag-romanian"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Romanian Christmas Carols<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Merry Christmas! 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