Popular Christmas Carol

Upcoming Christmas festival details about the history of Christmas carol, most popular Christmas songs and traditional festival song in churches and festival locations in the world
Popular Christmas Carol
A joyous Christmas is incomplete without singing Christmas carols. The lyrics based on Christianity, is sang my people irrespective of their good/bad tone. Christmas carols were first introduced in 12th century by the care taker of St. Francis of Assisi. And, as the term 'Carol'( derived from a French word caroller) means dancing around in a circle, so people follows it with great heart.

Most Popular Christmas Carols:

'O Come, All Ye Faithful'

O come, all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold Him
Born the king of angles
O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord

The quoted word features the 13th Century Franciscan, St Bonaventure. Originally, written in Latin, its English version dates from 1852.

'Silent Night'
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright'
Round yon virgin-mother and child
Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
Best-known all over the world, this Christmas carol has been translated into more then hundred languages.

Traditional Christmas Songs:

Composed in easy words and melodies tune, the following carols are highly sang by merrymakers:

'We Wish You a Merry Christmas'
We wish you a Merry Christmas (2)
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

'Jingle Bells'
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!

Other popular Christmas songs are

'Ding Dong! Merrily On High'
'We Three Kings of Orient Are'
'Good Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Deck the Halls carol .....etc

Merry Christmas Caroling !
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   By Mithi Dey
Published: 11/7/2009
 
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