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   This video explores how the famed Christmas hymns of today came into being, and the marked highlights of what makes these Christmas songs so memorable. If yo...

2. www.youtube.com › watchChristmas Story - Why Do We Celebrate Christmas - Fun Facts ...

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   Dec 9, 2017 · Watch our Christmas Songs playlist which includes We Three Kings, Oh Holy Night, Silent Night, Deck the Halls, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, We Wish You A ...

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3. www.bbc.co.uk › newsround › 38228948Why do we sing Christmas carols? - CBBC Newsround

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   Dec 22, 2016 · Getty Images. This illustration from 1873 shows a group of miners gathering round a fire on Christmas Eve to enjoy singing together. Many people couldn't read or write, so they learnt their carols ...

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   Dec 22, 2016 · This illustration from 1873 shows a group of miners gathering round a fire on Christmas Eve to enjoy singing together. Many people couldn't read or write, so they learnt their carols by heart ...

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   One of the things many of us love about this season is singing Christmas Carols - but why? Is it found in the Biblical experience of the Christmas story? Her...

6. www.classicfm.com › discover-music › occasionsThe surprising origins of Christmas carols: explained

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   Dec 23, 2021 · And in 1880, it’s believed the Christmas carol service was invented in Truro by an Edward White Benson, who later became the Archbishop of Canterbury. Many of today’s most popular carols are dignified 19th-century offerings with tuneful melodies, rich harmonies and Christmassy sounds abundant. ‘ Hark! The Herald ’ – an 1840 tune from ...

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   Why do people sing Christmas carols?

   • Christmas carols have been sung in towns and villages for hundreds of years, with many places having their own local songs. This was long before the days of CD players and radios, so communities would come together to sing in order to enjoy music. Many people couldn't read or write, so they learnt their carols by heart.

   Why do we sing Christmas carols? - BBC Newsround

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   Do you sing Christmas carols all year round?

   • Plenty of people do, and while we’re sure some sing Christmas carols all year round, it’s traditional to stick to singing carols in the lead-up to Christmas Day, if we’re to take Oxford’s definition of carols literally (see top of article).

   The surprising origins of Christmas carols: explained

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   What makes a Christmas song sound Christmassy?

   • There are several elements that go into something seeming to sound unquestionably Christmassy. Stirring melodies are usually sprinkled with minor and diminished chords – think of the mix of major and minor melody lines in ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’ – in popular Christmas carols and songs.

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   Should you sing Christmas carols before or after Christmas?

   • It’s certainly considered in poor taste to sing carols much before, or beyond, this period – no doubt amplified by ongoing superstitions such as it being bad luck to keep decorations up beyond the Twelfth Day of Christmas (which is 5 January, for anyone unsure).

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   Why is Christmas music so Christmassy?

   • Centred around the miraculous story of Jesus’s birth, of course, the overall message of the Christmas carl is one of awe, humility, hope and abundant joy. In more modern Christmas music, you can rely on a stick of ‘sleigh bells’ or similar to guarantee a Christmas auditory association. Read more: What makes Christmas music so Christmassy?

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   What do you sing on Christmas Day?

   • 1. On this joyful Christmas Day Fum, Fum, Fum! 2. Thanks to God for holidays Fum, fum, fum! 3. Praise we now the Lord above, Sing fum, fum, fum. Sing fum, fum, fum. Fum, fum, fum! Print these lyrics here. 11.

   20 Christmas Songs for Kids, Teens, and Families (+Lyrics!) - Singing Bell

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8. www.singing-bell.com › christmas-songs-for-kids20 Christmas Songs for Kids, Teens, and Families (+Lyrics!)

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   On Christmas day, on Christmas day, And all the souls on earth shall sing, On Christmas day in the morning. 9. Then let us all rejoice, amain, On Christmas day, on Christmas day, Then let us all rejoice, amain, On Christmas day in the morning. Print these lyrics here.