I heard the BELLS on Christmas Day Movie
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s story of the composition of this epic song
Last year I noticed this movie was out, but we did not go see it.
This year we decided to watch it together as a family.
We watched the first half last night on Christmas Eve and finished it up this morning after opening our presents.
The movie is perfect for family night.
It was glorious!
Jenny Hatch
PS Our best moment of the day came when our new granddaughter showed up with her parents. She loved watching the TV Fireplace with Opa and she fell asleep on me while we opened presents.
Heaven!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine—then still part of Massachusetts—on February 27, 1807, the second son in a family of eight children.
His mother, Zilpah Wadsworth, was the daughter of a Revolutionary War hero.
His father, Stephen Longfellow, was a prominent Portland lawyer and later a member of Congress.
Christmas Bells
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
"For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men."