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Gaudete by Collegium Vocale Bydgoszcz The first page of the original version. Gaudete (English: / ɡ ɔː ˈ d iː t iː / gaw-DEE-tee or English: / ɡ aʊ ˈ d eɪ t eɪ / gow-DAY-tay, Ecclesiastical Latin: [ɡau̯ˈdete]; "rejoice []" in Latin) [a] is a sacred Christmas carol, thought to have been composed in the 16th century.
"Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" is a Christmas song that originated with a poem by Emily Huntington Miller (1833–1913), published as "Lilly's Secret" in The Little Corporal Magazine in December 1865. The song's lyrics have also been attributed to Benjamin Hanby, who wrote a similar song in the 1860s, Up on the Housetop. However, the lyrics now in ...
"Here We Come A-wassailing" (or "Here We Come A-Caroling"), also known as "Here We Come A-Christmasing", "Wassail Song" and by many other names, is a traditional English Christmas carol and New Year song, [1] typically sung whilst wassailing, or singing carols, wishing good health and exchanging gifts door to door. [2]
"8 Days of Christmas" was released as the lead single from Destiny's Child's 2001 holiday album of the same name. The R&B hit was cowritten by Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and Errol McCalla Jr. and ...
According to William Studwell in The Christmas Carol Reader, "Up on the Housetop" was the second-oldest secular Christmas song, outdone only by "Jingle Bells", which was written in 1857. It is also considered the first Yuletide song to focus primarily on Santa Claus. It was originally published in the magazine Our Song Birds by Root & Cady.
The song was included, as "Jesous Ahatonia", on Burl Ives's 1952 album Christmas Day in the Morning and was later released as a Burl Ives single under the title "Indian Christmas Carol". Bruce Cockburn has also recorded a rendition of the song in the original Huron. Tom Jackson performed this song during his annual Huron Carole tour.
The song is now performed by choirs around the world, especially during the Christmas season as a Christmas carol. [5] Another motivation of the song may have been to Christianize old English winter season songs used in wassailing the apple orchards — pouring out libations or engaging in similar ceremonies to seek fertility of the trees. [6]
Christmas nutcrackers are a part of holiday décor in many households, whether they actually crack nuts or stand at attention on a festive mantel. But have you ever wondered how nutcrackers became ...