Something About Angels from the Realm of Glory (and Very Extended Connections)

Sages, ye find all connections.

I noticed someone on the Twitter wrote this year one of their favorite Christmas carols was Angels from the Realm of Glory, partly due to it being a plot point in The Curse of the Blue Figurine. I'm sure you remember the lyrics, too:

Angels, from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o'er all the earth;
Ye who sang creation's story,
Rum te-e dum and diddle durf.

Ye olde friend Wikipedia notes the United States usually sings the hymn to the tune of Regent Square, while in the United Kingdom it's the tune used for Angels We Have Heard on High. I was curious why the American tune is called Regent Square since it's a British location (apologies, Pittsburgh).

According to the Hymnary.org, the music was first published in an English Presbyterian hymnal whose editor, James Hamilton, was minister of the Regent Square Church. Regent Square is a public square and street in the Borough of Camden in London, England. It was home to both the National Scotch Church - the first purpose-built Scottish Gaelic Presbyterian church in London - and Saint Peter's Church, it being associated with the Church of England. Both churches were struck by bombs in World War II and subsequently demolished. Not demolished in Regents Square is a red telephone box standing at the southwest entrance to the park.

The design for this British communications icon was from Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, an architect known for, among other things, the Battersea Power Station. Many British music fans will recognize this building from the cover of the Pink Floyd album, Animals, with a giant pig-shaped balloon hovering overhead. The choice of balloon shape ties to the three songs on the album with the word "pig" in their title and brings to mind the concept of "when pigs fly."

When did a pig fly? One of the first documented cases was Nov. 4, 1909, when John Moore-Brabazon took a small pig with him on board an airplane. I sense this little piggy on a wing had ways to go before it reached its own glorious realm.  And diddle durf.

And that's more than enough for now. Even the angel in the picture looks bored.