"I Will Light Candles This Christmas" is a poem by Howard Thurman, who was a prominent African American author, theologian, educator, and civil rights leader. The verse has been set to music by British composer and songwriter Adrian Payne, both as a song and as a choral (SATB) piece. The choral version was first performed by Epsom Choral Society in December 2007. An arrangement for school choirs, that can be performed in one or two parts with piano accompaniment, was first performed in December 2010.
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