the French are decidedly not interested in binging on Christmas carols. Much like the Christmas feast, French church services are packed on Christmas Eve, not Christmas Day. It’s a tradition for ...

The Christmas carol can be traced back to Austria ... came into her head and it was supposed to have been inspired by a French song, ‘Patapan,’” According to Claire Fontijn, a musicologist ...

The circumstances that transformed a 1960s American civil rights anthem into a sentimental French Christmas carol are, however, decidedly unusual and remarkable. French speakers sing “Glory ...

In 1855, the French song was translated into English ... a holiday concert series that celebrates new and old Christmas songs alike. This traditional English carol sets the scene for Jesus ...

In Chinese. Our Christmas songs and carols turn up in some surprising places. They come from some surprising places, too. “Ding, Dong! Merrily on High” began life in a French Renaissance ...

our eight favourite Christmas carols of all time. Here goes: 8. O Holy Night This song about the night of Christ’s birth was written in 1843 by the French poet Placide Cappeau. It is a general ...

Christmas in the United States is ... glory by,/ born that man no more may die.” My favorite carol is “O Holy Night,” an old French hymn that’s notoriously difficult to sing.

Other songs on the album offer an esoteric take on classic Christmas tales, like a pair of 16th century French carols that tell the nativity story from the perspective of Satan. Windborne offers ...

Grab your Santa hats and start practicing those Christmas carols, because Canberra’s Christmas in July Festival is back for ...

Here’s where to enjoy a dose of Christmas carols this year, with something to suit everyone. An evening of carols inside Sir Christopher Wren’s historic cathedral? Why ever not. It sounds ...