The Third Day of New Year's...

...and as you can see, I've given up on the Twelve Posts of Christmas. But in honor of the New Year I'm sharing several verses of Noel Nouvelet, or Sing We New Christmas. Here is Verse 3, as follows:

In Bethlehem, all united,

Were found the child, Joseph, and Mary too.

The manger took the place of a cradle.

New Christmas, Christmas we sing here.

And here is Verse 5, which I combined with the plainchant "Ave Maris stella:"

Ave maris stella

Hail, star of the seas, tender mother of God,

ever maiden, blessed gate of heaven.

(Noel Nouvelet 5)

One (king) Came bearing gold, the other blessed incense;

Another offered myrrh to Jesus;

The stable thus seemed like Heaven.

New Christmas, Christmas we sing here.

And a happy new year to you all!

I hope this all works properly. I'm posting the in the Bristol airport, using the half hour of free internet, and for whatever reason the Bristol airport internet seems bitterly opposed to YouTube, so I hope the links work...