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This medley of three traditional European Christmas carols may be unfamiliar to those more accustomed to holiday songs from English traditions. Anne McGinty's arrangement incorporates a Basque song "Companions all sing loudly", the familiar German tune "O Christmas Tree", and an Italian song, "When Christ our Lord was born". The Newmarket Citizens' Band performed the composition at their winter concert, "Comfort and Joy", on November 30, 2018.

Anne McGinty is known throughout the world as the most prolific woman composer in the field of concert band literature, having written more than 225 pieces, with more than 50 of those commissioned by bands across the United States. She was the first woman composer commissioned to write for the U.S. Army Band, composing Hall of Heroes which premiered in 2000. She received her music degree after studies at the Ohio State University and Duquesne, and was principal flute for the Tucson Symphony and Pops orchestras.

The audio was recorded by Colin Guenther at Newmarket's Old Town Hall on November 30, 2018.