Thursday, December 26, 2013

The Second Day Of Christmas 2013

On this Second Day of Christmastide, Western Christianity also celebrates its first martyr, Saint Stephen.

Saint Stephen detail from the Demiforff Alterpiece                       Carlo Crivelli,1476
In 1853 John Mason Neale and Thomas Helmore published a song that unites both the season and the saint. Perhaps you've heard it...

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