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      • In "Love Came Down at Christmas," Christina Rossetti praises the divine love that, according to the New Testament, humans could only access after the birth of Jesus Christ. With the line, "Love was born at Christmas," Rossetti equates Jesus Christ with Love.
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  2. ‘Love Came Down at Christmas’ by Christina Rossetti is a religious Christmas poem that since its publication has become a popular Christmas carol. The poem describes “love,” Jesus Christ, coming down from heaven on Christmas.

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  3. "Love Came Down at Christmas" is a Christmas poem by Christina Rossetti. It was first published without a title in Time Flies: A Reading Diary in 1885. It was later included in the collection Verses in 1893 under the title "Christmastide" .

  4. The poem "Love Came Down at Christmas" is a beautiful and moving celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. It is a poem that speaks to the heart and reminds us of the true meaning of Christmas. This poem is similar to other works by Christina Rossetti in its use of simple language and imagery.

  5. "Love came down at Christmas" refers to Jesus Christ's birth unto the Virgin Mary. Shepherds who were tending their flocks and three wise kings in a distant land saw David's star in the sky and took it as a divine sign.

  6. The UM Hymnal, No. 242. Christina Rossetti. Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign. Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) came from a family steeped in the arts.

  7. The text is a brief meditation on a single character attribute of Christ: love. In the end, it expresses how worshipers are also called to love, just as Christ loved us. As such, this hymn draws from Scriptures such as 1 John 4:7–21 (“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God …”) or John 13:35.

  8. Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine, Love was born at Christmas, Star and angels gave the sign. Worship we the Godhead, Love Incarnate, Love Divine, Worship we our Jesus, - But wherewith for sacred sign? Love shall be our token, Love be yours and love be mine, Love to God and all men, Love the universal sign.

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