David Warner - Come to Him This Holy Night: Three Irish Christmas Traditions

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square provides artistic expressions of faith from
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Book design Shadow Mountain. Cover art: David T. Warner.
Art direction: Richard Erickson. Design: Sheryl Dickert Smith.
Text 2022 Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
Paintings 2022 David T. Warner

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Warner, David T. (David Terry), 1963 author. | McDonough, Neal, writer of preface. | Warner, David T. (David Terry), 1963 illustrator. | The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

Title: Come to him this holy night : three Irish Christmas traditions / The Tabernacle Choir with Neal McDonough ; written and illustrated by David T. Warner.

Description: Salt Lake City : Shadow Mountain, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: A picture book written and illustrated by David T. Warner, including elements of the spoken-word and choral performances of the 2021 Christmas concert of The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, featuring Neal McDonoughProvided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022014397 | ISBN 9781639930609 (hardback) | eISBN 9781649331298 (eBook)

Subjects: LCSH: ChristmasIreland. | IrelandSocial life and customs. | BISAC: RELIGION / Holidays / Christmas & Advent | LCGFT: Picture books. | Gift books.

Classification: LCC GT4987.467 .W37 2022 | DDC 394.266309417dc23/eng/20220429

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022014397

Printed in China

RR Donnelley, Dongguan, China

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Other books in The Tabernacle Choir Christmas Series

Silent Night, Holy Night: The Story of the Christmas Truce As narrated by Walter Cronkite

A Christmas Bell for Anya As narrated by Claire Bloom

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day As narrated by Edward K. Herrmann

In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story Written and narrated by David McCullough

Good King Wenceslas As read by Jane Seymour

Christmas from Heaven: The True Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber As read by Tom Brokaw

God Bless Us, Every One! The Story behind A Christmas Carol As read by John Rhys-Davies

The Little Match Girl As narrated by Rolando Villazn

It Is Well with My Soul As narrated by Hugh Bonneville

Keepsake Christmas Stories: Holiday Favorites as Performed with The Tabernacle Choir Featuring 13 Guest Narrators

For contributions to this book, the Choir expresses its thanks and appreciation for the following: copy editing, Lisa Mangum and Derk Koldewyn; music copy work, Steve Smith; music review, Rachael Ward and Tracy Keck; book design, Sheryl Dickert Smith; art direction, Richard Erickson; cover art, David T. Warner; legal coordination, Carol Newton for the Choir and Jack Newman and Michelle Spiron for Shadow Mountain; guest artist coordination, Ron Gunnell, Global Envoy for the Choir Presidency; product direction, Chris Schoebinger at Shadow Mountain and Scott Barrick, Choir General Manager; and executive direction: Michael O. Leavitt, Choir President, L. Whitney Clayton, First Counselor, and Gary B. Porter, Second Counselor.

Contents

For Hes here with you tonight,

With the hosts of heaven singing

Let your songs of joy be ringing,

Bowing low and humbly bringing

Praise to Him this holy night!

Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir

Every December, one of the many wonders of Christmas in Salt Lake City is the annual concert of The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square, a Temple Square tradition for decades. Since 2000, these popular concerts have delighted live audiences of over 60,000 people each year in the Conference Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with millions more tuning in to Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir on PBS through the partnership of GBH and BYU Television. It is a full-scale production featuring world-class musicians, soloists, dancers, narrators, and music that delights viewers each year.

Each concert has featured a special guest artist, including Broadway actors and singers Megan Hilty, Kelli OHara, Kristin Chenoweth, Sutton Foster, Laura Osnes, Santino Fontana, Alfie Boe, and Brian Stokes Mitchell; opera stars Rolando Villazn, Deborah Voigt, Nathan Gunn, Rene Fleming, Bryn Terfel, and Frederica von Stade; Grammy Awardwinner Natalie Cole, American Idol finalist David Archuleta; and The Muppets from Sesame Street . The remarkable talents of award-winning actors Neal McDonough, Richard Thomas, Hugh Bonneville, Martin Jarvis, John Rhys-Davies, Jane Seymour, Michael York, and Edward Herrmann have graced the stage, sharing memorable stories of the season. Featured narrators also include famed broadcast journalist Tom Brokaw, two-time Pulitzer Prizewinning author David McCullough, and noted TV news anchorman Walter Cronkite.

The 360 members of The Tabernacle Choir represent men and women from many different backgrounds and professions and range in age from twenty-five to sixty. The Orchestra at Temple Square includes a roster of more than 200 musicians who accompany the Choir on broadcasts, recordings, and tours. The Bells at Temple Square, a 32-member handbell choir, adds a particular sparkle to the concerts each year. All serve as unpaid volunteers with a mission of sharing inspired music that has the power to bring people closer to the divine.

The Tabernacle Choirs weekly Music & the Spoken Word program is the longest-running continuous broadcast in history.Five of the Choirs recordings have achieved gold record and two have achieved platinum record status. Its recordings have reached the #1 position on Billboard Magazines classical lists a remarkable fifteen times since 2003. Today, music from the Choir and Orchestra is available through the Choirs YouTube channel, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Pandora. For more information about these Christmas concerts and available performance videos, please visit TabChoir.org/ComeToHim.

Neal McDonough

Neal McDonough is a multi-talented, award-winning actor who has been seen in over 100 films, including the award-winning Christian film Greater (2016), Captain America (2014), Forever Strong (2008), and The Warrant (2020) and major television dramas, including as Lt. Compton in Band of Brothers, many seasons as Sean Cahill in Suits, and as General Harding in Robert Zemekiss Project Blue Book. McDonough has appeared onstage as Daddy Warbucks in Annie and in the title role in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Born to Irish parents and raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Neal is a devout Catholic. His most prized accomplishments are his relationships with his wife, Ruv, their five children, and with God.