
Merry Christmas!
A very spirited performance (though NOT imho the best... that would be Marriner's/St Martin-in-the-Fields' 1992 250th-anniversary performance). Definitely worth a listen, even though it's pretty obvious the soloists' first language isn't English. ![]()
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH3T6YwwU9s
And from a time when England had only recently jumped the tracks, and some were still faithful:
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50zLXx1jxhg
Didn't you guys hear, wishing merry christmas is politically incorrect these days, representatives of other religions than christianity, such as Muslims, may be offended. And atheists aswell. Let us all remember the world is a multicultural place with dozens of made up fairytales about different prophets and saviors and...err Santa Claus...
Well, as I misplaced this post in the first place (but left it up since I didn't realize my error right away), this whole exchange probably belongs on the Open Discussion group, anyway. ![]()
Yes, best wishes to those who wish to receive them....Merry Christmas. And... if it doesn't fit....disregard.

And just in case the media link doesn't work, here's the raw link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvjiVam2HO4