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A Christmas carol is a carol (a song or hymn) on the theme of Christmas, traditionally sung at Christmas itself or during the surrounding Christmas and holiday season. The term noel has sometimes been used, especially for carols of French origin. [1] Christmas carols may be regarded as a subset of the broader category of Christmas music.
The 16th-century Christmas carol "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" says, "God rest ye merry, gentlemen / Let nothing you dismay / Remember, Christ, our Saviour / Was born on Christmas Day."
"The First Nowell" in Carols, New and Old (1879) [1] "The First Nowell" (or Nowel), [1] modernised as "The First Noel" [2] (or Noël), is a traditional English Christmas carol with Cornish origins most likely from the early modern period, although possibly earlier. [3] It is listed as number 682 in the Roud Folk Song Index.
This list of Christmas carols is organized by language of origin. Originally, a "Christmas carol" referred to a piece of vocal music in carol form whose lyrics centre on the theme of Christmas or the Christmas season. The difference between a Christmas carol and a Christmas popular song can often be unclear as they are both sung by groups of ...
Jefferson Mays and his wife, Susan Lyons, talk about "A Christmas Carol" and the enduring appeal of Charles Dickens' 180-year ghost story of Christmas in an interview with USA Today Network New ...
The 50 Best Christmas Carols of All Time 1. "Silent Night" — Michael Buble. ... "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" — Selah. Emmanuel is a masculine Hebrew name and translates to "God is with us."
Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge , an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of ...
The greeting "a merry Christmas and a happy New Year" is recorded from the early eighteenth century; [11] however, the history of the carol itself is unclear. Its origin probably lies in the English tradition wherein wealthy people of the community gave Christmas treats to the carolers on Christmas Eve, such as "figgy pudding" that was very ...