This, IMHO, is what every local choir _should_ perform every Christmas season, instead of the out-of-place Hallelujah Chorus.
I performed this on my first choir concert as a college freshman, and I have loved it since then.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Recitative "When Jesus our Lord"
Trio "Say, Where is He born"
Chorus "There shall a star"
from the unfinished oratorio "Christus"
Recorded by Westminster Choir College
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3FB16egV9c