[Taft in '52]

"Star of the East" is one of my favorite Christmas songs. It was originally written by Amanda Kennedy in 1883 as "Star of the Sea," which became a popular parlor song. In 1918, she reissued the tune with new lyrics, an English translation of a German Christmas song.

To the world of 1918, beset as it was by war, political turmoil, pandemics, and economic trouble, the song expresses the hope of peace, love, joy, and salvation that inspired those who saw Jesus Christ's natal star two millennia earlier.

Star of the East--The Trinity Choir

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Taft...beautiful. Thank you for sharing.