first snowfall: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tomás Luis de Victoria - O Magnum Mysterium †

 Of all God's Creatures placed upon the earth
Closest to the Angels are the Birds

O great mystery,
& wonderful sacrament,
that beasts should see the newborn Lord,
lying in a manger.
O Blessed Virgin,
in whose unblemished womb was carried
the Lord Jesus Christ.
Alleluia!

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O magnum mysterium,
et admirabile sacramentum,
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum,
iacentem in praesepio.
O beata Virgo,
cujus viscera meruerunt portare
Dominum Iesum Christum.
Alleluia.