I love the music of Advent and Christmas, especially the religious or sacred carols like Lo, How a Rose e’er Blooming, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella, Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, Silent Night, and O Holy Night.

Below is a more contemporary Christmas song that I like by Audrey Assad about the unexpected, understated way of the incarnation (except if you live near Buffalo) manifested in the embodied being of a baby.

Winter Snow by Audrey Assad (feat. Chris Tomlin)

[Verse 1]
Could’ve come like a mighty storm
With all the strength of a hurricane
You could’ve come like a forest fire
With the power of Heaven in Your flame

[Chorus]
(But) You came like a winter snow
Quiet and soft and slow
Falling from the sky in the night
To the earth below

[Verse 2]
Oh You could’ve swept in like a tidal wave
Or in an ocean to ravish our hearts
You could have come through like a roaring flood
To wipe away the things that we’ve scarred

[Chorus]
(But) You came like a winter snow
Quiet and soft and slow
Falling from the sky in the night
To the earth below

[Bridge]
Ooh no, Your voice wasn’t in a bush burning
No, Your voice wasn’t in a rushing wind
It was still, it was small, it was hidden

[Chorus]
(But) You came like a winter snow
Quiet and soft and slow
Falling from the sky in the night
To the earth below

[Outro]
Falling, oh yeah, to the earth below
You came falling from the sky in the night
To the earth below

Songwriter: Audrey Assad
Winter Snow lyrics © River Oaks Music Co.

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