Mario Lanza - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Mario Lanza's beautiful voice with photos of him combined with paintings of master artists together make my wish for you to have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen "...is an English traditional Christmas carol. The melody is in the minor mode. It was published by William B. Sandys in 1833, although the author is unknown." (Above quote is from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Rest...)

The photos of Mario Lanza were taken from his film The Great Caruso. This film and his other ones are available for purchase from Turner Classic Movies.

The artists and their paintings are listed below in order of their appearance in the video:
1) Govert Flinck (1615 -- 1660) - Angels announcing Christ's birth to the shepherds, 1639
2) Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 -- 1770) - Nativity
3) Ary Scheffer (1795 -- 1858) - Temptation of Christ, 1854
4) John Constable (attribtued to) (1776 -- 1837) - A Herald Angel, c. 1820
5) Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1620 -- 1683) - Annunciation to the Shepherds
6) Peter Paul Rubens (1577 -- 1640) - Birth of Christ Adoration of the Shepherds
7) Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449 -- 1494) -- detail from The Nativity
8) Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1620 -- 1683) -- Shepherds in the Field
9) Thomas Cole (1801 -- 1848) - The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds
10) Bartolomé Esteban Perez Murillo (1617 -- 1682) - Adoration of the Shepherds
11) Charles-André Van Loo, also called Carle Van Loo (1705 -- 1765) - Adoration of the Shepherds