#299: Cold December Flies Away

Definitely a case of Northern hemisphere bias, with "Cold December" giving way to "April's crowning glory," which leads into an extended metaphor of how Jesus is like a flower. It's a Catalonian song, and the rhythm (eighths and sixteenths) is pretty neat. This is definitely one of the "deep cuts" that gets dug out for the Sunday(s) after Christmas once all the popular carols have been sung for Christmas Eve/Day.

The metaphor winds up with stuff like "wondrous fragrance" and "sweet perfume delightful" (talking about the flower that is Jesus). And like, as a kid (and an adult tbh) with sensory issues, this always weirded me out. Like...Merry Christmas, let's forget about the snow and instead smell a pervasive scent? No thank you.