It’s been lovely relaxing at home with family and catching up with old friends that I miss when I am up living in Glasgow. It is also a great opportunity for me to spend a little time connecting with my friends here on my blog, Facebook, Twitter and Google+. During term time being able to read your comments and advice is so helpful and can be a real boost. 2014 has been a good year for me and I want to thank you all so much for being part of it.
I wanted to record a Christmas Carol to share with you all and pass on a little bit of love, joy and my very best wishes. I have chosen to sing ‘The First Mercy’ by Peter Warlock, it is not as well-known as many of the carols that you hear at this time of year. It is a lovely carol whose lyrics portray the nativity through the imagined eyes of the animals in the stable. I do hope that you enjoy it 🙂
I wish peace and joy to you all and whatever you believe in, or celebrate at this time of year, may the coming days bring you good health, love and happiness.
Merry Xmas Charlotte, to you and yours.
Thank you Martin and to you and your family 😊 we’ve planned a relaxing couple of days.
Best wishes
Lovely, Charlotte! Thank you for sharing your beautiful gift. May you and your family have a blessed Christmas and a prosperous and Happy New Year! xo
Thank you Janice you too 😊.
Best wishes
Charlotte
We were swallow, moth and mouse… wow, this surely gives us a perspective that should find us owning our humility and paying respects to those who WERE there that blessed night! Thank you for sharing and may you and your family have a beautiful Christmas!
I love that this Carol is seen through the eyes of the animals, so pleased you enjoyed it.
Best wishes
Charlotte
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Great, thanks a lot my dear ! Merry Christmas. Merci Charlotte, tu es quelqu’un de bien, de précieux et de rare ! Je te souhaite tous les bonheurs du monde !!!
Un Joyeux Noël a toi, merci beaucoup. J’espere que ma Francais améliorer l’annee prochaine.
Best wishes
Charlotte
que mon français va s’améliorer….Of course Charlotte, Do not hesitate to ask me if you want some help….I hope the same for my english….:-)
Those male/female genders catch me out every time 😉 please continue correcting me it helps to use the words in the correct structure.
Pas de problème, i will do 🙂
I am writing my comment while listening to your sweet voice !!!
Not well-known as you say,but a hymn to our Humble Christ through the eyes of the innocent animals … It was only a lowly manger but it held the King of kings who brought love to the world.May Christmas bring love to our hearts !
Brilliant post dear Charlotte,indeed,it’s a time of togetherness and I am glad you enjoy it with your family and your loved ones !
Wishing you & yours a Joyous Christmas !!!
Sending Love,Smiles & Blessings your way ★★.✿¸.•°*”˜ƸӜƷ˜”*★★.✿¸.•° , Doda 🙂
Thank you Doda, blessings 💖and 😊 to you and yours too.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Beautiful rendition of a beautiful carol. Thanks for the introduction.
Thank you Don, I thought I’d sing something different and The First Mercy seemed perfect for Christmas Eve.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Thank you so much for your beautiful gift to us all in this post! merry Christmas! 😊😊
You’re welcome Andy, Merry Christmas 🎅.
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Charlotte
Cheers Charlotte! 😆
Lovely! Merry Christmas!!
I loved this line in your last post ” I want people to leave my house smiling and happy”. Hope you have a very Merry Christmas.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Thanks for that carol. I must say, I have never heard it before so it is good to expand your horizons a bit.
I also hope your Christmas is stupendous and I am sure your new year will be even brighter!
I’m happy to introduce you to a new carol Steve ☺️ it grows on you, my Nan says.
Thank you for your support, big year for me next year auditions etc. 😳
Best wishes
Charlotte
Merry Christmas, Charlotte!
Blessings for the New Year too,
Cate
Merry Christmas to all your family and you Cate, have an exciting 2015,
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Charlotte
Classy 🙂
Hey and nice to hear your spoken voice too!
Enjoy your special time this week Missy H 🙂
I cringe listening to my speaking voice, of course this is the Charlotte voice Mum wishes I’d use all the time like 😜. Seasons greetings to you, kiddo and Mrs S.
Best wishes for a great 2015 for you all,
Missy H 😃
Cheers kiddo, you too.
And to you, as well Charlotte.
Thank you John 😊.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Happy Holidays and thank you for sharing your gift with the world. <3
Thank you Colleen I hope you enjoyed it.
Best wishes for a Happy 2015
Charlotte
Celebrating Christmas tonight with our family’s traditional English roots with mincemeat, butter tarts, Yorkshire pudding, Prime Rib and of course with a Christmas Pudding at the end. It has been well over 100 hundred years since our family came to Canada from England but some of the traditional foods have remained. Merry Christmas and thanks for sharing your voice.
Sounds delicious James have a lovely time, we’re having Chinese take-out tonight, but tomorrow we have roast, stuffing, yorkshires, roasters, mash, veg, sausages in blankets and gravy, then when we make some room around 5 ish we have dessert, either trifle or treacle and apple steamed pudding and custard, hmmmm.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Merry Christmas. It’s always lovely to hear you sing. 🙂
Thank you for your lovely message, I’m singing along to Muppets Christmas Carol at the moment. They’ve just cut one of my favourite songs.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Wishing you and your family a lovely Christmas, Charlotte, and a wonderful 2015.
Thanks Mo, hope you’re well and having a lovely Christmas too.
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Charlotte
Merry Christmas Charlotte ♥♫♥
Thank you Antonio, what is a typical Christmas Day for you in Brazil?
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Charlotte
Thank you for the lovely Christmas carol, Charlotte. And the same to you, Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones!
Cheers Arti, it’s always a should, I shouldn’t I moment with an unknown song but I always figure it’s best to be different 😊. Merry Christmas to you and your family too.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Happy Holidays to you too!
Happy Holidays 😊.
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Charlotte
Merry Christmas “from across the pond” I wish you and yours the very best!!
Thanks GP we’ve had a lazy couple of days, wishing you all the very best too.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Thank you for introducing me to this carol. Happy Christmas!
I first learnt this carol for a competition the timing is tricky and it’s easier with a live Accompaniest but it’s become one of my favourites. Happy Christmas to you and your family.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Thank you for recording this, Charlotte. Until today the only music I knew of this composer was his Capriol Suite.
I’m introduced to so much lovely new music I love to share when I can Rod.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Lovely as always Charlotte xxx
Thanks Gill, hope you’re having a lovely Christmas.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Charlotte I love Warlock!I was pleased you sang this!Christmas cheer to you and your family and all the best in the new year!
Sincerely,
Leila Keith
Calgary,Alberta,Canada
Thank you Leila the temptation is to sing Silent Night which I love and which was voted the number one carol this year but I’m really pleased you love this one too.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Merry, Merry Christmas! May you and your family have a wonderful, cheerful holiday.
That’s a lovely wish a cheerful Christmas 😀 and to you David.
Beer wishes
Charlotte
bit thin on the technology so I cant catch the angelecy of your offer but 😀 merry christmas. this christmas I get to work it no not a huge sin I get to be the least likely suspect of christmas joy shared 😉 no, danger mouse aint in the house… I didn’t hit the science store fore some colorful fire fuel. 😛
Enjoy your work Starman, we’ve had to call the heating engineer out because of a leak, very grateful he’s working or the ceiling might have come down on my brother tonight 😜.
Best wishes
Charlotte
if you’ll pardon, that can also be a cheappie cliche, 😀 we called the heatin engineer or my brother would have had to take a load off. 😀 take a load off relax in an ironic twist of cliche.
That’s sweet to share a song with us! Never heard this one before but it’s beautiful. Merry Christmas!
Thank you I think it’s beautiful too. Hope you and your husband have a lovely holiday.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Your last paragraph is my favorite too Charlotte , for all , you remain 1st Class , All the BEST to “”U”” , Ron
All the best to you too Ron 😊
Charlotte
Thank you for your Christmas blessing. Please have a Christ-filled Christmas.
You too ☺️.
My best wishes
Charlotte
Thanks for sharing the song with us Charlotte! 🙂 Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with love, peace, joy, hope, good health & many more exciting adventures & dreams coming true! 🙂 XO, Violet
What a lovely message Violet thank you and wishing you the very same.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Merry Christmas to you and your family 🙂
Thank you, what cruises have you planned for next year?
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Charlotte
A beautiful gift to all, Charlotte! Merry Christmas!
I’m grateful to my Dad for sorting out these home videos for me, Merry Christmas to you.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Our internet connection is so bad that I cannot listen to your song at the moment, unfortunately – I will be back later to see if things have improved. Just read your reply to a previous comment when you said you were singing along to the Muppet’s Christmas Carol. One of our favourites too – a really good and almost faithful-to-the-book version. We were upset when we got the DVD version to find Belle’s song had been cut. Why, I wonder? It’s a lovely song. We can still play our old video-tape version which has the film in its entirety.
We have a version with Belle’s song and I know all the words to sing along to, it is such a shame it gets cut. Thanks Clare for all your support and encouragement this year.
Best wishes
Charlotte
So beautifully sung, Charlotte. As always. Thank you.
Thanks for listening Marcus 😊. It’s easier to sing with a pianist than a recorded download but I’m glad you liked it.
Best wishes
Charlotte
All best wishes for 2015 Charlotte 🙂
Thank you Rhys and to you Geraldine and family.
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Charlotte
So beautiful Charlotte, such an amazing voice ~ best to you and your family in ’15 ~
Thank you Randall, I’m looking forward to your lovely posts in 2015 too.
Best wishes
Charlotte
In the middle of the night I started to see all the blogs of the people that started following mine, just for curiosity and see what they do, and I get lost in surprises about these kind of things. I never thought that I could meet around wordpress people like you, your are an amazing artist, and is very pleasant hear your voice, tomorrow in the morning I will share your works with my family because is really beautiful what you do.
Thanks a lot to follow my blog, and hope we could talk someday about the world drowned in art.
I love all the arts, thank you for stopping by my blog, your blog link appears to be broken.
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Charlotte
What a beautiful voice.
Thank you I’m working on it 😀.
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Charlotte
You have a great voice, i don’t want to intrude but i love your blog, have a wonderfull 2015.
You are most welcome here, thanks for your message 😊.
Best wishes
Charlotte
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Wonderful voice.
Thank you for the reblog
Gorgeous dress!! xo~ Lena
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This is so lovely, I don’t think I have ever heard it before. Thank you.