Come and Join the Celebration.
This is the happiest carol of them all! It was written for children but grown-ups can sing it too.
I first heard it at Cotton Methodist Church in the 1980’s where my late Father in Law had been a member since a small boy and was a preacher/lay reader in the Methodist Circuit. Our two eldest children went to Sunday School there before we moved away and we always went at Christmas.
From wiki………..
Valerie Collison (born 23 March 1933) is an English organist and composer of hymns and carols.[1] Her best-known work is “Come and Join the Celebration” for which she composed both the lyrics and tune. This was first published in Carols for Children in 1972 and is now performed in services throughout the UK. She also wrote “The Journey of Life”,[2] popular in English primary schools as part of the Come and Praise hymnal.
I hadn’t heard this anywhere this year until I popped into the Co-op after my car boot visit last week and they had a small choir of about 8 ladies singing carols in the foyer. I sang it all around the shop!….quietly……didn’t want to frighten the other customers.
When T was for Treats in November, I didn’t mention another that sometimes happens – depending on circumstances…………….. A bunch of flowers for Christmas – something a bit bigger than the occasional £2 bunch from Aldi.
The pine cones, ting and fir-cone were from one of the pre-Christmas craft sales and they’ve been added to the Asda roses, chrysanth’s and ornamental cabbage hearts etc. All in the biggest jug on the kitchen window sill for me to enjoy.
