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  2. Coventry Carol - Wikipedia

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    The carol is the second of three songs included in the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, a nativity play that was one of the Coventry Mystery Plays, originally performed by the city's guilds. The exact date of the text is unknown, though there are references to the Coventry guild pageants from 1392 onwards.

  3. Christmas carol - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. I Saw Three Ships - Wikipedia

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    "I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In)" is an English Christmas carol, listed as number 700 in the Roud Folk Song Index.The earliest printed version of "I Saw Three Ships" is from the 17th century, possibly Derbyshire, and was also published by William Sandys in 1833.

  5. The Surprising Origins of Popular Christmas Songs - AOL

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    Below, TIME rounded up the most surprising back stories behind the most famous Christmas carols. "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" ... The Christmas carol can be traced back to Austria. It was ...

  6. Away in a Manger - Wikipedia

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    Richard Hill, in a comprehensive study of the carol written in 1945, suggested that "Away in a Manger" might have originated in "a little play for children to act or a story about Luther celebrating Christmas with his children", likely connected with the 400th anniversary of the reformer's birth in 1883. [1]

  7. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - Wikipedia

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    "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem "Christmas Bells" by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [1] The song tells of the narrator hearing Christmas bells during the American Civil War, but despairing that "hate is strong and mocks the song of peace on earth, good will to men". After much anguish ...

  8. The First Noel - Wikipedia

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    In common with many traditional songs and carols, the lyrics vary across books. The versions compared below are taken from The New English Hymnal (1986) (which is the version used in Henry Ramsden Bramley and John Stainer's Carols, New and Old), [1] [13] Ralph Dunstan's gallery version in the Cornish Songbook (1929) [14] and Reverend Charles Lewis Hutchins's version in Carols Old and Carols ...

  9. The history and meaning behind traditional Christmas colors

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    Learn about the history and meaning behind traditional Christmas colors: red, green, gold, white and purple. Experts explain their origins and significace.