Bring Old-fashioned Christmas Caroling to Your Neighborhood
Christmas carols help set the mood for the holiday season. Such songs are played in stores to create festive atmospheres for shoppers, and many fami-lies play seasonal music as they decorate their...
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Bring Old-fashioned Christmas Caroling to Your Neighborhood
Christmas carols help set the mood for the holiday season. Such songs are played in stores to create festive atmospheres for shoppers, and many fami-lies play seasonal music as they decorate their homes for the holidays.
Carols were first sung in Europe thousands of years ago during Winter Solstice celebrations. When Christian holidays replaced many of the pagan celebrations, Christian holiday carols replaced the earlier songs.
Before Christmas carols were sung by the general public, they were enjoyed during church services, when they sometimes were performed by official carol singers. However, new carols became popular during the Victorian era, when many ordinary people took to the streets to share holiday joy with others through the gift of song. Wassail, a thick, hot and spiced
beverage, often kept carolers warm, and soon wassailing and caroling became intertwined.
Although carols and other songs are still popular
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