"Angels we have heard on highChristmas is in the air! Carols can be heard in almost every public place and sometimes on street corners. Pictures of nativity scenes, angels, and Santa Claus and reindeer greet us wherever we look. Simply cannot run away from Christmas.
Sweetly singing o'er the plains"
Every Christmas, there will inevitably be at least one person who cannot differentiate between "angels" and "angles".
Other than an inability to spot the difference (I know quite a few people like that!), angels are far from angular!
Angels are generally portrayed as benign celestial beings who are watching over us from above. They are summoned by God to keep watch over mankind. One angel per person, some say two angels per child. Angelic beings are gentle, loving and caring. In contrast, angles are known to be hard and inflexible. If something is described as being "angular", it means that the item has hard lines and feels cold and uncaring (as opposed to curved lines which show softness).
More importantly, if the carol Gloria in Excelsis Deo were to be typed incorrectly i.e. "angles we have heard on high" instead of "angels we have heard on high", it would make no sense. Angles can't sing. Angels do. Sweetly too.
So, if you are in charge of creating song sheets or PowerPoint slides for Christmas, be careful! Angles do not sing. :D
Have yourself a Merry little Christmas now!
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