Wednesday: More Grid Festivity! - 25 December 2024 New York Times Crossword

[@adamventures13]

Happy Holidays to this great community you created Chris :)

[@TomCee53]

Merry Chris-tmas. 🎄

[@damelza.snelders]

I'm much slower than you but I finished in 24:44. Very enjoyable puzzle. Merry Christmas from Australia!

[@SjeikJoriz]

Merry Xmas, X Remo!

[@chazmartdesigns4308]

Yippee Bonus solve for Christmas! Happy Holidays and thanks for all you videos, which have help me become a avid solver

[@happygutforlife]

I was waiting so long for you to notice symptom was misspelled! Merry Christmas!

[@shamabole7803]

Stubble suits you, Chris :-)

[@druidinary]

A sympton of being tired.

[@timegentleman]

"Les anges dans nos campagnes" translates as "the angels in our countryside". Good solves today, Merry Xmas!

[@ipuzzled]

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[@spicypesto]

I don’t think they are referring to countryside. Yes “campagne” can mean countryside but in this case I think it’s company

[@timegentleman]

​@@spicypesto It's an odd phrase, and I had a quick google before posting it! The lyrics don't actually use that phrase so I couldn't use the context to decide. I did find a couple of sites that translated it as countryside, though they were hymn sites and may have just been doing a literal translation as I was. But I can't find anything to suggest that campagne(s) can mean company, only countryside, country or campaign. Company does sound better though and I'd be happy to be proved wrong and/or hear from a native French speaker!

[@spicypesto]

@ I’m not 100% sure it’s company but I’m pretty sure it’s not countryside since “dans nos campagnes” would mean “in our countrysides” which is not really used in the plural both in English & French. It just wouldn’t make much sense in this context. I really wonder what it means though, since I wasn’t able to find websites explaining the meaning of the title.

[@ipuzzled]

I think a French native speaker should weigh in matters of idiomatic nuance, especially for text written in another century. This seems like a decent and plausible translation: The angels in our fields Have intoned the hymn of heaven, And the echo of our mountains Repeat this melodious song |: Gloria in excelsis Deo! :| Shepherds, for whom is this feast? What is the object of all these songs? What victor, what conquest Deserves these triumphant cries? |: Gloria in excelsis Deo! :| They announce the birth Of the liberator of Israel And full of gratitude Sing on this solemn day |: Gloria in excelsis Deo! Les anges dans nos campagnes Ont entonné l'hymne des cieux, Et l'écho de nos montagnes Redit ce chant mélodieux |: Gloria in excelsis Deo! :| Bergers, pour qui cette fête? Quel est l'objet de tous ces chants? Quel vainqueur, quelle conquête Mérite ces cris triomphants? |: Gloria in excelsis Deo! :| Ils annoncent la naissance Du libérateur d'Israël Et pleins de reconnaissance Chantent en ce jour solennel |: Gloria in excelsis Deo!