Each Christmas, our family has a tradition of finishing our Christmas dinner by singing a new carol.  The tune “Delahunt” (named in honor of the Baptist pastor Joe Delanunt) was written to accompany John Brownlie’s text for the Christmas of 1993. Several years later it was arranged for strings, chorus, and organ and used as a processional for the second Sunday of Advent. — Mike Linton

The picture used as the cover art is of “Christ in Majesty” at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., designed by Jan Henryk Rosen.