"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem "Christmas Bells" by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [1] The song tells of the narrator …

This modern rendition of a beloved carol transports the listener to the day it was first penned: a brisk Christmas morning in 1863 on the snow-covered streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts....

Longfellow wrote his poem on Christmas Day, telling of the despair in his heart as he heard the Christmas bells play. Fortunately, this poem ends on an encouraging note, emphasizing hope …

The lyrics to the Christmas carol I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day is a poem by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem on Christmas Day in 1864. In …

I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play; In music sweet the tones repeat, “There’s peace on earth, good will to men.” I thought how, as the day had come, The belfries …

Q: What is the story behind the hymn “I heard the bells on Christmas Day”? A: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote this hymn on Christmas Day 1864 after suffering two devastating blows – his …

On Christmas Day in 1863, the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow listened to the bells from a nearby church, overwhelmed by loss. Two years earlier, his wife had burned to death in …