Author—Nahum Tate, 1652–1715 Composer—Arranged from George F. Handel, 1685–1759 Tune Name—“Christmas” Meter—CM (86.86) Scripture Reference—Luke 2:8–14 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. Luke 2:8 The singing of hymns as we know it today was practically non-existent in England and the United States from the beginning of the sixteenth century Protestant Reformation until the dawn of the