The Appalachian Christmas carol “Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head” was collected from Hardin County in central Kentucky in the early 20th century but, as with so many other folk carols and hymns ...

Poland really loves its Christmas carols. And there are thousands of them ... Carols first came to Poland in the Middle Ages as religious hymns sung in Latin or Czech. These seasonal specials became ...

Christmas carols are more than just festive songs. They are hymns of faith, narrating the nativity story. Carols date back centuries, evolving from early Christian hymns. They offer a message of ...

Love them or hate them, it’s hard to imagine Christmas without carols. From reverential hymns to popular tunes, these songs represent many things for many people. Some people annually attend ...

Taking nine biblical passages about the Christmas story and interspersing them with rousing carols and hymns, his intention was (at least in part) to get his congregation out of the pub.

The Christmas hymns, anthems and arrangements we call “carols“ actually date from the 19th century, although many of them draw on tunes and words from earlier times. Carols are constantly ...

Latin hymns were set to music, while new compositions appeared that were unrelated to official church liturgy – pastorałki and carols in local languages. The popularity of Christmas songs was boosted ...

They are interspersed with carols old and new, sung by the world famous Chapel Choir who also lead the congregation in traditional Christmas hymns.

The hymns under scrutiny include “Lo ... The Church of England has told vicars to edit Christmas carols for fear of causing offense. To whom? […] The people the church is offending are ...

One of the aspects of A Christmas Carol that makes it so irresistible ... gets a couple of mentions very late in the piece via the hymns sung by the capable cast – but it’s curious how little ...