Isaac Watts’s 1719 paraphrase of Psalm 98 became a Christmas classic when it ... hymnody”—and it is now one of the most popular Christmas hymns in North America. Mason routinely gave credit ...

“My dear friends, I have always found so much joy in the beautiful Christmas hymns that testify of Jesus Christ’s sacred birth and divine mission,” President Russell M. Nelson wrote in the ...

Written in 1719 by English minister and hymnist Isaac Watts, it is an apt hymn to celebrate the Second Coming. A deeply moving carol, O Holy Night, captures the reverence of the Christmas story.