Okay. Two things.
First, as great a hymnist as Gerhardt was, I have to agree that the hymn that Luther sings in this video does not have one of the better tunes German Lutheran Christmas carols have to offer. The Christ-centered words certainly do beat all those Anglican snow, cold, silence and barnyard animals carols all hollow, though.
Secondly, there's an inside joke here. Pastor Fiene did one of these a while back in which Horus shows up to prove that Easter is just a retelling of his story, or that of Mithras, or that of some other dying-and-rising deity, only to have his premise unmasked for the nonsense it is. In it, for some reason, Horus has a German accent- something of which Pastor Fiene was never allowed to hear the end.
Thus, the otherwise obscure reference to an ancient Egyptian accent at the end.
In any case, I think the actual point of this video should be clear. Not that we Lutherans have anything against First Century Palestinian weather or livestock, mind you.
Secondly, there's an inside joke here. Pastor Fiene did one of these a while back in which Horus shows up to prove that Easter is just a retelling of his story, or that of Mithras, or that of some other dying-and-rising deity, only to have his premise unmasked for the nonsense it is. In it, for some reason, Horus has a German accent- something of which Pastor Fiene was never allowed to hear the end.
Thus, the otherwise obscure reference to an ancient Egyptian accent at the end.
In any case, I think the actual point of this video should be clear. Not that we Lutherans have anything against First Century Palestinian weather or livestock, mind you.
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