John Denver & The Muppets- Noel: Christmas Eve, 1913

Track 9 from the album by John Denver & The Muppets entitled "A Christmas Together"

[brianjensen]

This was my favorite album when I was a kid. I liked the fun, fast ones best. As I got older I started to enjoy and appreciate the slower, more heartfelt ones too. Now, 40 years later, this one is my favorite. I have no idea why this is not the most popular Christmas song of all time.

[christopherunfus]

This song comforts me. I hope it comforts others.

[oldmanrocker]

I was knocked out the 1st time I heard this song on the album back in the day ...it's one of John's most beautiful songs ever!

[bluesioux]

Such a beautiful song sung by such a beautiful voice. I hope John has found the peace he searched for and why don't they ever play this song & a million others that are out there?!

[stovalish]

Still a favorite since I was a kid in late 70’s / early 80’s. Takes me instantly back. What a gem, hope we all could listen to it. Cheers

[michelleangers]

His voice is so sweet. He sounds like an angel singing. I get choked up when I hear this one. Thank you.

[cherylcottingham]

Love this album.
Played this on cassette for my children.

[sharonc]

John Denver, what a great artist. We lost you much too early. Merry Christmas.🎄

[TinthiaClemant]

The voice of the stars. Sing, John. Fill the universe. 🌹

[davidwelker]

This is one of my favorites Christmas songs since I was a child. To be able to sit and close your eyes and see the pictures move to the words that are sung. JD had and has a unique gift to have people to do that

[wanabegoku]

I consider this whole album to be a gift to the whole world. This song, though, this arrangement, is particularly exquisite. There is very little out there that captures the simple peace, beauty, reverence, and wonder of the meaning of Christmas like this.

[jenniferfarnes]

thee most beautiful Christmas song just about EVER! i love this with all my heart...brings me to tears every single time. deep attachment to this entire album...such a significant album, television show back in the late 70's early 80's. give it a listen. it will make your entire Christmas...if you aren't in heavy into the Christmas spirit...the entire album will put you there, but this music: Noel: Christmas Eve, 1913...will do it by itself.

[DerptyDerptyDUM]

This is my favorite Christmas song, and it always transports me straight back to childhood. And inevitably makes me cry.

[izzymmm]

My most favourite Christmas song ever. It doesn't feel like Christmas until I have heard this and Johns voice ♥️

[hopelessromantic]

This song is so calming. I adore listening to it when I am feeling anxious or stressed.

[sarahsmiles]

When I get to heaven I want to hear John Denver and Elvis singing. They both had that special sound you get when you sing about God. It's like you can hear him listening. I love carols like this that make you reflect

[bilskie]

This album is my childhood.
My parents had the 8track playing over an over every Christmas.
My all time favorite Christmas album. And this song, man. So great. John Denver on Christmas was a voice of my youth.
Thanks for posting this and the rest of the songs on this album

[deborahbaratti]

This is my favorite Christmas carol. I've never heard another verdion. John Denver's voice was poignant and sweet. Full of emotion and spirit. He is sorely missed. We're he still with us he'd be a world leader in the fight to save the environment. He loved the natural world and even in the 70's used his talent to advocate for the ecosystem and attempt to raise our conscience toward caring about climate change.

[jamesp]

A frosty Christmas Eve, when the stars where shining
I traveled forth alone, where westward falls the hill
And for many, many a village, in the darkness of the valley
Distant music reached me, peals of bells were ringing

Then sped my thoughts to olden times, to that first of Christmases
When shepherds who were watching, heard music in the fields
And they sat there and they marveled, and they knew they could not tell
Whether it were angels, or the bright stars a-singing

But to me heard afar, it was starry music
The singing of the angels, the comfort of our Lord
Words of old that come a-traveling, by the riches of the times
And I softly listened, as I stood upon the hill
And I softly listened, as I stood upon the hill

[grannysgonerabid]

If I remember correctly he took a pre-existing poem and simply applied a musical arrangement to it, so John did not write the lyrics, but the end result is beautiful. My favorite Christmas song.