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{{YouTube Video|youtube=wA_YmII8MYw|title=Hark! the Herald Angels Sing|}}
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"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is a [[Christmas carol]] written by [[Charles Wesley]], the brother of [[John Wesley]]. It appeared in [[Hymns and Sacred Poems]] in 1739. The original opening line was "Hark! how all the welkin rings"; the version known today is the result of alterations by various hands.
The song is a staple in Christmastime movies and TV shows that carry a religious message to some degree, usually as a spirited finale:
* It is the next-to-last song in the film It's a Wonderful Life.* It is sung by an off-screen choir at the end of the 1951 film A Christmas Carol a.k.a. Scrooge.* It is sung by the kids at the end of A Charlie Brown Christmas.
It was also cited briefly in Tom Lehrer's song, "A Christmas Carol", satirizing the over-commercialization of the holiday:
==Video Song==
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title=How great and wonderful is His creation?
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==Quotes==
