Christmas carols

Many people probably also think about modern songs like ”White Christmas”, when they think of Christmas carols. However, there is actually a difference between a “Christmas carol” and a “Christmas song”. Christmas carols can often be sung by a choir and usually have simple and straightforward rhythms. This is rarely the case for pop and rock songs, which often have more complex compositions.

Here are some examples of popular, modern Christmas carols and songs:

1. Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry
2. The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole
3. Rudolph,the Red-nosed Reindeer – Gene Autry
4. Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy – Bing Crosby & David Bowie
5. White Christmas – Bing Crosby
6. A Holly Jolly Christmas – Burl Ives
7. My Little Drum – Vince Guaraldi (Charlie Brown Christmas)
8. Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town – Bruce Springsteen
9. Christmas Shoes -Newsong (or Alabama)
10. Last Christmas – Wham!

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The history of Christmas Carols

The most fantastic explanation of the term, “Christmas carol”, originates from England. According to this English story, a young girl named Carol got lost in the streets of London on a cold winter night. In an attempt to find her, her friends went from house to house similar to the way we do during Christmas. After this episode, the term “Christmas carol” became widespread.

The more pragmatic explanation is that the word, “carol”, comes from the Greek dance, “Choraulein”, which is accompanied by flutes. Later, the Frenchmen replaced the flutes with singing and named it, “caroller”, which means, “to dance around in a circle”.

The tradition of singing carols can be traced back to the monk, St. Francis of Assisi. He introduced the singing of carols in church ceremonies. Today, each country has its own traditions in connection with Christmas carols. In many places, people walk from house to house and sing at Xmas time; in other places, Christmas carols are sung in church.

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There is a distinction between a Christmas carol and a Christmas song. A Christmas Carol has a fairly rapid, regular beat, which would, therefore, exclude a meandering, crooning song such as “White Christmas”.

The world’s most famous Christmas carol is “Silent night”.

“Jingle Bells” was originally named, “One-Horse Open Sleigh”, and was written for Thanksgiving, not for Christmas.

Charles Dickens’s story, “A Christmas Carol”, is the world’s most read Christmas story.

In 2003, the Austrian Trade Union Federation, representing 100,000 workers, claimed that the non-stop playing of Christmas carols in shopping malls was “psychological terror”.