O come, O come, Emmanuel

Each week this month, I would like for us to explore one of the most celebrated advent hymns in history “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” I say advent rather than Christmas since technically, the church celebrates the time of anticipation of the Lord’s coming leading up to Christmas as “Advent” and then a period of “Christmastide” for 12 days (hence the 12 days of Christmas starting on ...