Hymns Based on Matthew 2:11

'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime is Jesse Edgar Middleton's 1926 English reimagining of the much older Wendat Christmas song usually called Jesous Ahatonhia or Iesous Ahatonnia.

Angels from the Realms of Glory is James Montgomery's Christmas hymn of proclamation and adoration, first published in 1816.

As with Gladness Men of Old is an Epiphany hymn by William Chatterton Dix that turns the journey of the Magi into a pattern for Christian discipleship.

De Tierra Lejana Venimos is a Puerto Rican Epiphany song in which the travelers of Matthew 2 speak as they journey toward Christ.

From a Distant Home is the English form of a Puerto Rican Epiphany carol about the Magi traveling toward Christ under the guidance of the star.

Gentle Mary Laid Her Child centers the Christmas mystery on a deliberate contrast: the infant resting in a manger appears lowly and easily overlooked, yet he is the Savior, the Son of God, and the King of glory.

In Bethlehem 'Neath Starlit Skies is a Christmas carol by Grace May Stutsman that turns the Nativity into a scene of wonder and praise.

In the Bleak Midwinter turns the Christmas story into a meditation on a striking Christian paradox: the God whom heaven cannot contain is contemplated in the vulnerability of the incarnate Christ.

O Holy Night is the familiar English form of a French Christmas song that joins contemplation of Christ's birth with a widening vision of hope, worship, peace, and human solidarity.

On This Day Earth Shall Ring is an English Christmas paraphrase of the medieval Latin carol Personent hodie.

Sing We Now of Christmas is an English-language Christmas carol derived from the French Noël Nouvelet tradition.

The First Noel is a traditional English carol that turns the Nativity story into a simple, memorable narrative.

We Three Kings of Orient Are is an American Epiphany carol that dramatizes the journey of the magi and interprets their gifts through a long Christian tradition of symbolism.

What Child Is This is a Christmas carol by William Chatterton Dix that leads worshipers from the visible humility of Bethlehem to a confession of Jesus as Christ the King.