The legend behind one of the most popular Christmas carols ... Church of the Nativity’s five-hour long Christmas Eve ...

Written in 1719 by English minister and hymnist Isaac Watts, it is an apt hymn to celebrate the Second Coming. A deeply moving carol, O Holy Night, captures the reverence of the Christmas story.

Isaac Watts’s 1719 paraphrase of Psalm 98 became a Christmas classic when it ... hymnody”—and it is now one of the most popular Christmas hymns in North America. Mason routinely gave credit ...