Literature
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Angels We Have Heard on High
Angels We Have Heard on High is a popular Christmas carol, originally in French: Les Anges dans nos campagnes (“The Angels in our…
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Away in the Manger
Away in the Manger is a popular Christmas carol from the mid-nineteenth century, thought to be American in origin, though the…
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Carol of the Bells
Carol of the Bells is a popular Christmas Carol composed in 1914 by Mykola Leontovych, a Ukrainian composer, with lyrics by…
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Deck The Halls
Deck The Halls is a traditional Christmas, yuletide, and New Years’ carol (1862). The melody’s origins were Welsh from the 16th…
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God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen is a traditional Christmas carol retrieved from Christmas in Poetry: Carols and Poems (1922). Arranged by Dinah Maria…
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Good King Wenceslas
Good King Wenceslas is a popular Christmas Carol that tells the story of a 10th century bohemian king who braves harsh…
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Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Hark The Herald Angels Sing, this is the 1961 “Carols for Choirs” version. The original hymn was composed as a…
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It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Originally titled It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, this poem and Christmas carol was written by Edmund Sears, pastor of the…
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Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells was originally known as One Horse Open Sleigh, composed by James Lord Pierpont in 1857. It is one of the…
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Joy to the World
Joy to the World is a popular Christmas carol with music adapted by Lowell Mason from the works of George Frederic…
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