Most of today’s most famous religious Christmas carols are from the 19th century. During this time, people made a concerted effort to tone the holiday down from the rowdy and boisterous affair it was into something calmer and more family-friendly, thus producing somber and pious songs. Unsplas...
aActivities with obvious Christmas tast are also demonstrated. Like festivals in those predominantly Christian countries whose common practice are Carols, Ever Green, gifts and so on. Sometime these events might hold in larger scales: one thousand people carol, the biggest man-made Christmas tree ...
A Ukrainian folk melody found new life in the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s adaptation of "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" and "Shchedryk.” Featuring electric guitar, bells, and cello, the song invokes the story of a single cello player who played Christmas carols on his instrument in the squar...