I do not know how many times I have heard this masterpiece and in many different versions and at the same time I don't know how many times I have seen this fantastic music video which includes Christianity, paganism, mystery, history, religion,art and alot more. I love it ❤
She is GENIUS. The best rendition ever. Pagan and Christian Ms Lennox and the band pulls the iron of my blood as a magnet to the music and my soul cannot resist.
@@Granuaile1 The Holly King at the end is most definitely pagan, as are other aspects of the video. She blends them together seamlessly with the Christmas carol.
This video is like stepping inside an old Victorian Christmas card. I just love the drumbeat, the riff that flows through the melody. It even sounds like something from another century. And then of course there's the glorious voice of Annie Lennox. I just love this!
It's most likely the gospel (which means good news) and the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ was sacrificed for the remission of our sins, and all we have to do is accept his gift of salvation, and acknowledge Him as your lord and savior.
I will not argue with either Les’ or Paul’s account of why you might be moved to tears ( whether Hindu or otherwise). I think there is something to be said for both of their explanations. I think your emotion has something to do with patriotism, something to do with affection for these Islands we live in , something of a feeling for the people in these Islands and the long history thereof. I think you can feel that if you are a citizen here OR if you are a visitor who means us well. Here’s another example, not a digression at a tangent, I promise. President Bush the 2nd made a remark, years ago, about how he felt good about liberating Iraq from Saddam Hussein. As a Hindu, you might relate to this when you think about India’s liberation of Bangladesh. Bush witnessed the resumption of Shia pilgrimage to the holy city of Najaf. Bush said he was very glad that Iraqis were doing that again. Iraqis being Iraqis, being in touch with their culture, their history, their ancestors is a GOOD thing. In the same way, I like that Hindus in 2020, with mobile phones and internet and Starbucks still ( some of them ) stand in The Ganges. I like that British people ( some of them) in 2020 still recognise songs sung by their ancestors. The fact that these songs in 2020 feature MTV ( Bollywood) production videos, and cross faders and big pop stars makes it even better. God rest ye Merry sirrah.
All over the world and in any religion, we feel that we toil to keep evil and ruin at bay, but our efforts are never enough. Often we despair and think that our strength will not be enough. At that point, a message from the divinity promising that we will not fail indeed brings comfort and joy. Not that all religions are the same (I'm atheist btw), but the human condition is the same.
Just found it last night on Xmas eve. Was looking for the version of the song by the Philadelphia Orchestra with Temple U, which is a masterpiece. Then found Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull’s wonderful version, then I lucked into this stunner. It will now be a tradition. Only regret that I was 10 years late to the show.
This a gorgeous and lush video. The voices, especially Ms Lennox's power, the complimenting instruments, the production design, the story-telling that acknowledges the pagan roots of the holiday and the warmth of neighbors in the winter, the mummery, everything was thoughtfully created. There is probably even wassail somewhere. The video's title of "A Christmas Cornucopia" is completely appropriate. I rarely use the word "stunning", but I will for this video.
I still play her Christmas 🎄 CD 💿…no one can replace her singing 🎶 for me. My oldest was borne right after her “SWEET DREAMS” song known then as the EURYTHMICS. She’s LEGENDARY for me. 🙆🏻♀️❤️🔥🕊️
Yes! Annie Lennox simply transformed this beauty of a carol into something *phenomenal!* I respectfully disagree with it being dull though...then again, I have a sentimental attachment to this song having sung it at choir 🙂
I think this is one of the best of carols, way, way up from boring. Listen to the Bothers Figaro version, sounds like a speakeasy in the 20s. Brilliant. Annie Lennox version is superb, bordering on paganism. Loved it
The best part of this is knowing she's agnostic in real life. A true performer, to put such feeling behind something with which one has no belief. And what a weird song! Yes, let's mention Satan several times in a Christmas song. lol
I never tire of listening to this brilliant interpretation of this fantastic carol. And the video is like a Victorian Christmas card come to life. Annie Lennox created a masterpiece with her album, A Christmas Cornucopia. Most musicians take about two weeks to record a Christmas album, but Annie took nearly a year - and it shows. Brilliant arrangements.
Love how she blends the Christian and pagan history of Christmas perfectly into this video... usually people are arguing about that, but here Annie is celebrating the cultural history. Awesome.
+Logan Carlton It seems Henry VIII's idol-smashers (or vendors, a lot of stuff was shipped to Europe to be sold) spared the Green Men in the churches on the logic that no one would worship them.
+Raine Parker While the celebration of 'Christmas' was (and is for the most part today) a Christian celebration and holy day (it originated in the 4th century as a liturgical celebration commemorating the Nativity of Christ;, around the winter solstice, but with the emphasis on the incarnation of Christ, as "God in the Flesh" ('Emmanuel' in Hebrew means "God is with us"), in order to make it culturally relevant to the non-Christian 'pagans' (Roman term meaning "country folk", they needed to make it resonate with symbolism and beliefs that already existed which the local people understood as being already considered 'sacred' such as the solstice being the shortest day of the year and the day afterwards the days lengthen (which is where the observance of 'Lent' came from, with the word from the old Anglo-Saxon term meaning 'lencthene' meaning 'Spring' as the days get longer), without having to explain the meaning in specifically Jewish or Hebrew concepts and ideas foreign to Europeans unfamiliar at the time to Christianity and Judaism.... My long-winded point is, people (fundamentalist Christians mainly) can be offended til they are blue in the face and the proverbial cows come home but the reality is, religion must be inculturated in order for it to take root in a culture and become a part of society and individual lives as well.... This is what happened to Europe, that with a heavy dose of imperialism and feudalism of course which meant that you didn't really have much choice but to accept it as the status quo..... BUT, we have today's wonderfully complex and fascinating symbols, mythology, rituals and beliefs regarding the celebration of Christmas... It is essentially syncretism at its best, but that is part of being human and virtually all human cultures today have syncretized some foreign belief system on their own and made that once foreign belief or celebration their own.... Christmas in Britain (or anywhere else in the world) is no different......The Green Man or "Old Man Winter" gets incorporated with the Christ Child and angels mix with elves, etc... It's beautiful in my book and one of the hallmarks of human culture.
Well here we are again, another year gone and I've picked this as my favourite Christmas song, yes I've started a bit early, lets have a really long Christmas, I wish you all a healthy and happy Christmas
Best version of this I've ever heard. Not much of an Xmas music person but this is pure gold!!!! Annie you're the best and only get better with time. Impeccable in your craft.
So marvelous! When she's singing 'as herself' she says, "comfort an' joy", but as the angel she very distinctly sings "comfort anD joy", which is a nice effect.
This video is absolutely MAGNIFICENT! Genius! The team who created this have absolutely nailed the essence of old England. The visuals are just perfection. ❄️🌳 🎄🙏🎅🌳❄️🏴 💚🇬🇧❄️⭐️
It’s Christmas 2021 and lots of things going on but listening to this song give us comfort and joy, especially hearing Miss Lenox voice again. Happy Holiday, All!!!
This is an old Irish tradition when mummers would dress in disguise and visit their neighbors during the 12 days of Christmas.……it is very beautifully done!
What a wonderful, somewhat primal merging of Christianity and European paganism, this rendition is! The lyrics acclaim that Christ is King while the instruments and images exalt our European pagan ancestry. This is as it should be! Merry Christmas, and Yuletide blessings to my brothers and sisters, pagan and Christian alike!
@@Mycroft93 Friend, you touched my heart. Our God - and God's - are watching over us, yes. Blessings, always, to you and your family, our season is at hand!
I never knew of this, and what a wonderful remembrance of the history of Christmas. I really did cry hearing this... so glad i found it. Its never heard on radio. too reactionary for public audience??
Annie Lennox has such a beautiful powerful voice. She glows when she sings, and her music and video here give us a sense of the pagan origins of Christmas. Phony "Christians" despise those origins, but the baby Jesus would have giggled with delight from his manger if He had heard this.
This is exactly why this is my all-time favorite Christmas video! Annie leading her company fearlessly through the countryside, joyously proclaiming the Good News of Christ's birth, the coming of Light into the world, timed by early Christians to coincide with the Pagan celebration of Solstice (the return of the Light) and Yule, dancing with abandon with the fire and the Green Man/Santa! And those smiles hint of something a little wylde hidden just beneath the surface! Thank you, Annie!! ♥️🎄♥️
It really seems like a reenactment of a performance that may have happened some time around when this song was written. At least, that’s the way I interpret it.
The best part is when Annie is kneeling and the angel tells everyone "This day is born a savior to save us all from satan's pow'r and might" so we can take comfort in Him and have joy in the message. It's all about the message. Merry Christmas Mr. Hitchcock. 🌲
The world was very much pagan in the beginning. Especially in England, Wales, Scotland and the Netherlands. I don’t see a pagan twist…..I see a Celebration of the old and the new….past and present.
@@Jax52reg - The nativity celebration has been a process of invention and reinvention over many millennia, well before the Yeshu' legend came to be. The pagan roots are evident in this version as in the celebrations of many countries. It is the USA that has sterilized the celebration into a commercial-fest and drained the life from it. On the other hand, this video is brimming with life.
One says shephers were people of social margines, poor and excluded, often making their living robbing caravans. Those people have been chosen by the Angel to share the tiding. That's also the power of music and art in generał to gather and transform people and societies in the name of love, freedom and solidarity. Beautifully and forcefully invented and performed by Annie and her band!
Fantastic rendition of this carol. Annie must have one of the greatest voices of any living female singer, and the depiction of a Victorian Mummers' procession is beautifully done. Merry Christmas, everyone!
This is so fabulous, I can't even express everything it means to me. I do love the combination of Christianity and Paganism. Merry Christmas and Happy Yule to everyone!!
Annie Lennox is genius artist, and I've followed her for three decades. This Christmas song is odd, to say the least. However, it is intriguing. I suspect this was a big compromise between what she really believed and popular notions of Christmas; without sacrificing who is Annie Lennox. She is a spectacular artist, and I look forward to when I can see her new album.
I love her powerful interpretation of this ancient carol, and the amazingly badass video. The imagery in the video is simultaneously Victorian, medieval, and pagan. Haunting, especially at 1:09 when "...tidings of comfort and joy" comes out like a war-cry :-D
To me it seems a reference to the old world church adopting pagan symbols and styles in order to help native religions easily convert which was a great idea i wish anna could've been an influence back then. if so her voice could've called all non believers to repentance.
@@jennifernordlund2691 yes biut critics of the Christian church and would-be-neo-pagans als easily ignore the fact that many people just might have converted easily to Christianity. When you believe in multiple gods, trying out a new one is no big deal. The idea that only one religion is right and if anyone changes it it must have been forced on them, is a deeply monotheistic one!!
I'm sure some people did convert easily. That doesn't take away from the many who did so only under duress...torture, imprisonment. .or the many who were murdered.
No lie, I have watched this hundreds of times and never tire of it. It's just magical to me. And Annie Lennox is just the best.
25/12/24 - Happy 70th Birthday, Annie Lennox!
Watching this on Christmas Eve.
Needed something special to take my mind off problems with mental health.
It helped.
@Sy2seeDurham - I am glad it helped you; it's a wonderful video. Please try to have a happy New Year and I will, too. We both deserve it!
Return to this every December/Christmas/Yuletide - what a voice.
Same here.
@@katube84
Same
Totally!
I do not know how many times I have heard this masterpiece and in many different versions and at the same time I don't know how many times I have seen this fantastic music video which includes Christianity, paganism, mystery, history, religion,art and alot more. I love it ❤
I'm seeing this for the first time. I heartily agree.
My 10000 time😊
I love the pagan aesthetics and vibes here. Beautiful song. One of my favourite Christmas songs.
Annie could sing a cookbook and it would be a hit. She makes a great angel too.
Best reply to this song I have ever seen.
Might not be a hit but it would certainly deserve to be.
everything is said, you're right ahahah
@@Joakim4803 totally huh lol
It's kind of weird to see a comment that was made when I was in elementary school lmao (I'm in high school now) But you right you right
She is GENIUS. The best rendition ever. Pagan and Christian Ms Lennox and the band pulls the iron of my blood as a magnet to the music and my soul cannot resist.
Not pagan. Medieval.
@@Granuaile1 The Holly King at the end is most definitely pagan, as are other aspects of the video. She blends them together seamlessly with the Christmas carol.
@@Granuaile1 - The celebration has been a process over eras and through various eyes. Paganism still lives within the nativity legend.
This video is like stepping inside an old Victorian Christmas card. I just love the drumbeat, the riff that flows through the melody. It even sounds like something from another century. And then of course there's the glorious voice of Annie Lennox. I just love this!
My thoughts exactly. Like a living Christmas card! Loved it!
It is indeed from another century. Or rather, 5 centuries.
I love the scenes of Victorian Christmases. And this song sums it up beautifully. ❤❤❤.
Voice simply GORGEOUS even talking that's also Power and no engineering required for Annie Lennox.
💕🎄❄️⛄.
I have no idea why this is so addictive to watch.. haunting and so encapsulating to watch.. I can't explain it.. brilliant piece of art..
I just discovered it a couple of months ago and I bet I've watched it just about every day. ❤
Spellbinding
@@anneokelly8413 - It truly is.
Happy Birthday Annie Lennox! ♥
Ann Lennox (born 25 December 1954) ♥
Im a Hindu. But after hearing this song I can’t express and I’m left with tears of no reason.
It's most likely the gospel (which means good news) and the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ was sacrificed for the remission of our sins, and all we have to do is accept his gift of salvation, and acknowledge Him as your lord and savior.
I will not argue with either Les’ or Paul’s account of why you might be moved to tears ( whether Hindu or otherwise). I think there is something to be said for both of their explanations. I think your emotion has something to do with patriotism, something to do with affection for these Islands we live in , something of a feeling for the people in these Islands and the long history thereof. I think you can feel that if you are a citizen here OR if you are a visitor who means us well. Here’s another example, not a digression at a tangent, I promise. President Bush the 2nd made a remark, years ago, about how he felt good about liberating Iraq from Saddam Hussein. As a Hindu, you might relate to this when you think about India’s liberation of Bangladesh. Bush witnessed the resumption of Shia pilgrimage to the holy city of Najaf. Bush said he was very glad that Iraqis were doing that again. Iraqis being Iraqis, being in touch with their culture, their history, their ancestors is a GOOD thing. In the same way, I like that Hindus in 2020, with mobile phones and internet and Starbucks still ( some of them ) stand in The Ganges. I like that British people ( some of them) in 2020 still recognise songs sung by their ancestors. The fact that these songs in 2020 feature MTV ( Bollywood) production videos, and cross faders and big pop stars makes it even better. God rest ye Merry sirrah.
🤗🤗🤗🙏
The Lord Jesus loves you :)
All over the world and in any religion, we feel that we toil to keep evil and ruin at bay, but our efforts are never enough. Often we despair and think that our strength will not be enough. At that point, a message from the divinity promising that we will not fail indeed brings comfort and joy. Not that all religions are the same (I'm atheist btw), but the human condition is the same.
I have to listen to this afresh every year. A brilliant and thought-provoking performance.
Me also!
This is how it should be sung! So many other versions are almost dirge -like.
I love Annie's drum major swagger with her staff.
Happy 70th birthday, Annie.
Dude theres just something so beautiful about Annie's voice
agree
Do tell!
auto-tune quizás?
It's ridiculously auto-tuned, in this case.
@@Lucasgrijanderrr I think that this is no Autotuner. It is more like an (or multiple) Octaver to let Annie be her own Choir.
A very powerful and visceral rendering of a mighty Carol . The video conjured up an old England that runs in the blood
"Visceral" is a good description. It reaches far down inside and to the past, way beyond a nativity.
The first lady of British/Scottish music now. Bloody Marvellous.
A people living in darkness have seen a great light
This version gives me the chills every single time. It is like an instant time travel. Thank ou, Annie 🫂❣✌☮
I cannot listen to this rendition of the old Christmas song without tears coming to my eyes.
@@maxkronader5225 yes, I try to sing along and my voice gets the wobbles! 😥
how come have I discovered this gem only now?!? masterpiece ...
Ai, Nat!! Shiver's me timbers z'well..
My baby niece and nephew introduced me to this, and it's thrilled me ever since. FYI, I'm an atheist.
Dec 2024. Absolutely love this version.
It's that time of year again. Who is listening in Dec. 2020? Merry Christmas all.
Happy 2021 !!
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Just found it last night on Xmas eve. Was looking for the version of the song by the Philadelphia Orchestra with Temple U, which is a masterpiece. Then found Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull’s wonderful version, then I lucked into this stunner. It will now be a tradition. Only regret that I was 10 years late to the show.
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This a gorgeous and lush video. The voices, especially Ms Lennox's power, the complimenting instruments, the production design, the story-telling that acknowledges the pagan roots of the holiday and the warmth of neighbors in the winter, the mummery, everything was thoughtfully created. There is probably even wassail somewhere. The video's title of "A Christmas Cornucopia" is completely appropriate. I rarely use the word "stunning", but I will for this video.
Who else listening to this medieval and haunting song? Merry Christmas 2019 🌟 🎄
my 1st time hearing and frign love it!! only actual Christmas song I like!!! Merry Christmas!!
..and to you & those dear to you, the same 🙏
Me
I do, everything year, and always. She is great!!! I love her..
i listen to this track every christmas cant get enough of it , merry christmas mr
Peace and love around the world merry Christmas everyone and 2025 brings us this
Merry Christmas to you.
Merry Everything!
This is still my favorite Christmas album. I've been a fan of Annie's since the 80's and I believe this is the best work she's ever done.
Agreed!
I still play her Christmas 🎄 CD 💿…no one can replace her singing 🎶 for me. My oldest was borne right after her “SWEET DREAMS” song known then as the EURYTHMICS. She’s LEGENDARY for me. 🙆🏻♀️❤️🔥🕊️
Absolutely agree! Just adore this album
We are rapidly approaching Christmas 2022 it is time to watch this frequently.
Annie lennox has managed to turn one of the dullest Christmas carols into something phenomenal. Love it.
Yes! Annie Lennox simply transformed this beauty of a carol into something *phenomenal!* I respectfully disagree with it being dull though...then again, I have a sentimental attachment to this song having sung it at choir 🙂
I think this is one of the best of carols, way, way up from boring. Listen to the Bothers Figaro version, sounds like a speakeasy in the 20s. Brilliant. Annie Lennox version is superb, bordering on paganism. Loved it
@@patstocker3658 thanks, I'll give that a whirl.
I do Not think There Exists a More Beautiful synthesis of Quasi-christian and Pagan Imagery. Bless Thee Lady
I'm not a Christian and will never be one, but.. Holy sweet baby Jesus! What have I just listened to?!
Cool song.
@@ibosquez5238 yes, it is AMAZING!
@J there is no God, he told us that the last time he spoke to G.W. Bush.
@@Buddy-po4hv
Oh Buddy, there is no God until the day you see Him, then what?
@@ibosquez5238 the day I see him I will tell him I thank him for giving young children cancer, and for creating stupid people.
The best part of this is knowing she's agnostic in real life. A true performer, to put such feeling behind something with which one has no belief. And what a weird song! Yes, let's mention Satan several times in a Christmas song. lol
I never tire of listening to this brilliant interpretation of this fantastic carol. And the video is like a Victorian Christmas card come to life. Annie Lennox created a masterpiece with her album, A Christmas Cornucopia. Most musicians take about two weeks to record a Christmas album, but Annie took nearly a year - and it shows. Brilliant arrangements.
Love how she blends the Christian and pagan history of Christmas perfectly into this video... usually people are arguing about that, but here Annie is celebrating the cultural history. Awesome.
Do you mean the Green Man or Tom O' the Green? The Church appropriated him too and made him part of their festivals.
Didn't the Green Man become Father Christmas? And then Father Christmas merged with Santa Claus eventually
well, at one point, everyone was pagan.
+Logan Carlton It seems Henry VIII's idol-smashers (or vendors, a lot of stuff was shipped to Europe to be sold) spared the Green Men in the churches on the logic that no one would worship them.
+Raine Parker While the celebration of 'Christmas' was (and is for the most part today) a Christian celebration and holy day (it originated in the 4th century as a liturgical celebration commemorating the Nativity of Christ;, around the winter solstice, but with the emphasis on the incarnation of Christ, as "God in the Flesh" ('Emmanuel' in Hebrew means "God is with us"), in order to make it culturally relevant to the non-Christian 'pagans' (Roman term meaning "country folk", they needed to make it resonate with symbolism and beliefs that already existed which the local people understood as being already considered 'sacred' such as the solstice being the shortest day of the year and the day afterwards the days lengthen (which is where the observance of 'Lent' came from, with the word from the old Anglo-Saxon term meaning 'lencthene' meaning 'Spring' as the days get longer), without having to explain the meaning in specifically Jewish or Hebrew concepts and ideas foreign to Europeans unfamiliar at the time to Christianity and Judaism.... My long-winded point is, people (fundamentalist Christians mainly) can be offended til they are blue in the face and the proverbial cows come home but the reality is, religion must be inculturated in order for it to take root in a culture and become a part of society and individual lives as well.... This is what happened to Europe, that with a heavy dose of imperialism and feudalism of course which meant that you didn't really have much choice but to accept it as the status quo..... BUT, we have today's wonderfully complex and fascinating symbols, mythology, rituals and beliefs regarding the celebration of Christmas... It is essentially syncretism at its best, but that is part of being human and virtually all human cultures today have syncretized some foreign belief system on their own and made that once foreign belief or celebration their own.... Christmas in Britain (or anywhere else in the world) is no different......The Green Man or "Old Man Winter" gets incorporated with the Christ Child and angels mix with elves, etc... It's beautiful in my book and one of the hallmarks of human culture.
Well here we are again, another year gone and I've picked this as my favourite Christmas song, yes I've started a bit early, lets have a really long Christmas, I wish you all a healthy and happy Christmas
The most extraordinary version of this song ever recorded. It haunts.
I am listening this Winter Solstice Season 2021...Merry Christmas and God bless us, everyone!
I love the purity of her voice.
Best version of this I've ever heard. Not much of an Xmas music person but this is pure gold!!!! Annie you're the best and only get better with time. Impeccable in your craft.
Back again, as this always brings joy this time of year.
Happy 2023 everyone.
Had to look at this again.
Wish she had released videos with the rest of the songs.
GLORY TO GOD IN HIGHEST!
It's so earthy, tribal and simply beautiful. It stays with you long after the song finished.
4 Years Ago
How did miss out on this for so long...?!
Thumbs up and Merry Christmas if you are here in 2021. Have a safe, happy and prosperous new year.
This is a wonderful version and of one of my favourite carols.❤
So marvelous! When she's singing 'as herself' she says, "comfort an' joy", but as the angel she very distinctly sings "comfort anD joy", which is a nice effect.
I don't remember seeing this video - it is so artistic, religious, and cool all at the same time!
I stumbled across this beautiful version of the hymn. Love the video.
This video is absolutely MAGNIFICENT! Genius!
The team who created this have absolutely nailed the essence of old England. The visuals are just perfection. ❄️🌳 🎄🙏🎅🌳❄️🏴 💚🇬🇧❄️⭐️
Oh that voice! I never get tired of hearing it. Her smile, her beauty, Annie is such a gift.
It’s Christmas 2021 and lots of things going on but listening to this song give us comfort and joy, especially hearing Miss Lenox voice again. Happy Holiday, All!!!
A lovely rendition of this carol evoking medieval elements with a sort of steampunk imagery... And her voice...angelic.
Love Annie! Always amazing!
Every year I love this more. Medieval, pagan, and Victorian imagery that somehow blends beautifully.
Yes, it packs a lot into it, doesn't it? Wonderfully done
You said it!
this song brings me comfort and joy.
agreed
@@housydoing Love this version
The medieval instruments are fantastic - what an arrangement - fantastic
Tidings of comfort and JOY !!!
This is an old Irish tradition when mummers would dress in disguise and visit their neighbors during the 12 days of Christmas.……it is very beautifully done!
It's an old English tradition as well. Which is why it's being used as accompanying imagery to an English carol.
Mummers were originally from England and were brought to Ireland in the 1600's.
I have loved this for years. It spoke to me. Didn't know it was Irish.
From a former O'Shea
But it seems to be pagan... Isn't it? 🤔
@ the song is about the birth of Jesus…….this was just a way of celebrating the good news with neighbors and family.
I need to sing this in school assembly 😢wish me luck
One of the best We ever had/Happy birthday Ms lennox.
One of the best versions I've heard, she is not afraid to say Jesus.
That's literally just the lyrics of the song like wdym
What a wonderful, somewhat primal merging of Christianity and European paganism, this rendition is! The lyrics acclaim that Christ is King while the instruments and images exalt our European pagan ancestry. This is as it should be! Merry Christmas, and Yuletide blessings to my brothers and sisters, pagan and Christian alike!
@@Mycroft93 Friend, you touched my heart. Our God - and God's - are watching over us, yes. Blessings, always, to you and your family, our season is at hand!
@@Mycroft93 Thank you, brother! Buon" coraggio for the rest of your life.
White Europeans are dying soon to be a minority
I never knew of this, and what a wonderful remembrance of the history of Christmas. I really did cry hearing this... so glad i found it.
Its never heard on radio. too reactionary for public audience??
And also to you, friend. I felt my dormant lion stir, listening to this.
I love the early cinema styling (early silent era) of this video.
Annie Lennox has such a beautiful powerful voice. She glows when she sings, and her music and video here give us a sense of the pagan origins of Christmas. Phony "Christians" despise those origins, but the baby Jesus would have giggled with delight from his manger if He had heard this.
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This is exactly why this is my all-time favorite Christmas video! Annie leading her company fearlessly through the countryside, joyously proclaiming the Good News of Christ's birth, the coming of Light into the world, timed by early Christians to coincide with the Pagan celebration of Solstice (the return of the Light) and Yule, dancing with abandon with the fire and the Green Man/Santa! And those smiles hint of something a little wylde hidden just beneath the surface! Thank you, Annie!!
♥️🎄♥️
@@georgekomath8978 Read what moon babies says below (or above) ...
@@moonbabies9253 Exactly. Many people don't understand.
I don't think so! Jesus would never stand with wicked pagans and Christmas has nothing to do with the Bible like these pagans try to make you believe.
Tidings of comfort and joy - Christ is a SAVIOUR
It really seems like a reenactment of a performance that may have happened some time around when this song was written. At least, that’s the way I interpret it.
What a lovely Christmas tune .Glad to see Annie use of ancient ways and people in her video welcoming our Lord and his Gospel .Happy Christmas all .X
Back in 2024 . Love the Victorian and pagan aesthetic of this music video
Wow, I love the artwork and video design. The singing is powerful too.
Annie is truly a rare gem.... This by far is my favorite version of this song.💜
I find this video both cosy and sinister at the same time. One of my all time favourite Xmas songs though.
How in the World have I missed this and for so long. Now I am ready for Christmas 2023.
This is probably the best version of this song I've ever heard and I grew up in a Christian home so I heard this song a lot growing up.
It will be my tradition to come to this video every year 🔥
This is the only version of this song that I truly love! Annie Lennox forever!
Annie Lennox makes everything new and refreshing- a cultural treasure, for everyone
Wish I had heard this 9 years ago. Only found this in the run up to Christmas 2019. Like a festive sea shanty. Love it.
There's a whole album
A Pagan Christmas. Happy holidays to all.
gotta love the hurdy gurdy
Brilliant... Im just now seeing this. AMAZING!
A great way to begin Christmas day 2024 - a wonderful way to honor the One to whom every knee will bow.
Can we all just agree that Annie's vocals are so powerful and strong it's unbelievable.
Oh yes! I was saying that to my son when I saw your comment. Amazing!
It’s Her faith in Jesus Christ that turns this into a quasi-battle cry.
@@RGNay999 It is. No doubt about that.
@@RGNay999вот так нужно проповедовать Евангелие, исповедовать свою веру и радоваться что ты христианин
Yes, Annie is one of God’s most delightful creations.
Best part -- Annie Lennox kneeling, gazing adoredly up at Annie Lennox. It's a pop star's version of heaven.
The best part is when Annie is kneeling and the angel tells everyone "This day is born a savior to save us all from satan's pow'r and might" so we can take comfort in Him and have joy in the message. It's all about the message. Merry Christmas Mr. Hitchcock. 🌲
What where Merry Christmas Mr. Hitchcock
Merry Christmas and bless you Mr. Hitchcock. 🌲
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He might mean at 2:00 Annie is playing both the lady in crimson and also the angel.
@@ibosquez5238 - Because Annie Lennox herself was born on December 25th?
Never saw this of Annie Lennox.. so glad I did now.
The best ever version i have heard 🎉
Merry Christmas all🎄🎄
This is my favourite carol now thanks to this version. Just incredibly beautiful and ethereal.
I come back to this version Every Christmas 🙌🏻
Annie just defined yuletide with this master piece.....Because........
A Christian Christmas carol with a Pagan twist, who'd have thought it could be so good!
The world was very much pagan in the beginning. Especially in England, Wales, Scotland and the Netherlands. I don’t see a pagan twist…..I see a Celebration of the old and the new….past and present.
@@Jax52reg - The nativity celebration has been a process of invention and reinvention over many millennia, well before the Yeshu' legend came to be. The pagan roots are evident in this version as in the celebrations of many countries. It is the USA that has sterilized the celebration into a commercial-fest and drained the life from it. On the other hand, this video is brimming with life.
Can't believe I heard this for the first time this year, it's superb.
According to 'Songs of Praise' the wording is (by my reading of it) ...'God rest ye merry, ...gentlemen.'
Merry Christmas from 2020 ✌
What confidence, what talent, absolutely wonderful.
One says shephers were people of social margines, poor and excluded, often making their living robbing caravans. Those people have been chosen by the Angel to share the tiding. That's also the power of music and art in generał to gather and transform people and societies in the name of love, freedom and solidarity. Beautifully and forcefully invented and performed by Annie and her band!
The last shall be first.
Fantastic rendition of this carol. Annie must have one of the greatest voices of any living female singer, and the depiction of a Victorian Mummers' procession is beautifully done. Merry Christmas, everyone!
It the large puppet St Nick?
@@kimburnersackmann8829 It's rather pagan-looking. Maybe Odin?
@@PsyVen thanks. Very interesting! Googled it, and I agree.
This is so fabulous, I can't even express everything it means to me. I do love the combination of Christianity and Paganism. Merry Christmas and Happy Yule to everyone!!
The best Christmas Carol, ever,so Dickenkensation .Merry Christmas everyone ❤❤❤❤
Very well done. Annie Lennox and that voice.....love it!
Annie Lennox is genius artist, and I've followed her for three decades. This Christmas song is odd, to say the least. However, it is intriguing. I suspect this was a big compromise between what she really believed and popular notions of Christmas; without sacrificing who is Annie Lennox. She is a spectacular artist, and I look forward to when I can see her new album.
Perhaps the most artistic video ever made.
I love her powerful interpretation of this ancient carol, and the amazingly badass video. The imagery in the video is simultaneously Victorian, medieval, and pagan. Haunting, especially at 1:09 when "...tidings of comfort and joy" comes out like a war-cry :-D
Greg Walker religion is one big war cry ,it always has been
To me it seems a reference to the old world church adopting pagan symbols and styles in order to help native religions easily convert which was a great idea i wish anna could've been an influence back then. if so her voice could've called all non believers to repentance.
I don't think torture and murder was an "easy conversion " for anyone. ;) Christians love to ignore their dark history. Lol. Gorgeous song though.
@@jennifernordlund2691 yes biut critics of the Christian church and would-be-neo-pagans als easily ignore the fact that many people just might have converted easily to Christianity. When you believe in multiple gods, trying out a new one is no big deal. The idea that only one religion is right and if anyone changes it it must have been forced on them, is a deeply monotheistic one!!
I'm sure some people did convert easily. That doesn't take away from the many who did so only under duress...torture, imprisonment. .or the many who were murdered.