The Christmas Carrolls (The Christmas Carrolls, Book 1)

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The Nadala origins are uncertain but usually cited to be related with the Montseny and Pedraforca mountains in Catalonia (by the counties of Osona and Girona). As quite a few have references to mythological events and powers, some authors claim that they contain part of the religion that was present in the territory before Christianity arrived as it was kept alive in these mountainous regions. Songwriters Hugh Martin and Ralph Blaine penned the classic song “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” for Judy Garland’s 1944 movie, Meet Me in St. Louis. The song, which has subsequently been recorded by stars such as Bob Dylan and James Taylor, began life as Martin’s melodic attempt to emulate a classic carol. “It started as a little madrigal-like tune,” said Martin. At first, Garland, star of The Wizard of Oz, thought the lyrics were too sad, but the film’s producers insisted the audience would love it and told the songwriters to write sentimental words the young actress could sing “smiling through her tears.” Mariah Carey: All I Want for Christmas Is You

Many carols which have gained popularity were printed in Piae Cantiones, a collection of late medieval Latin songs which was first published in 1582. Early, Latin forms of carols such as " Christ was born on Christmas Day", " Good Christian Men, Rejoice" and " Good King Wenceslas" can be found in this book. [5] " Adeste Fideles" ("O Come all ye faithful") appears in its current form in the mid-18th century, although the words may have originated in the 13th century. The origin of the tune is disputed.

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Overall, I couldn't get over how in just a few chapters, and what people call a short story, he included so many important elements including the greatest character development in all of literature!! ❄️ See Amid The Winter’s Snow is a carol written for Christmas Day, with the celebratory lyrics, ‘Hail thou ever blessed morn’ to welcome the newborn Christ. The melody was written by John Goss, then organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Still, an immortal Christmas classic that requires no introduction. Recommendable, for the right audience. Silent Night" comes from Austria. The carol was first performed in the Nikolaus-Kirche (Church of St. Nicholas) in Oberndorf, Austria on 24 December 1818. Mohr had composed the words much earlier, in 1816, but on Christmas Eve brought them to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the church service. [16] The first English translation was in 1871 where it was published in a Methodist hymnal. Almost all the well-known carols were not sung in church until the second half of the 19th century. [ citation needed] Hymns Ancient and Modern 1861–1874 included several carols.

Christmas music performed in the United States ranges from popular songs, such as " Jingle Bells", to Christmas carols, such as " Away in a Manger", " O Little Town of Bethlehem", and numerous others of varying genres. Church and college choirs celebrate with special programs and online recordings. How many times have I seen a version of A Christmas Carol? Probably too many times to count, but I can try: A Christmas book about kindness and cheer to make even Scrooge's heart melt' - Dame Jacqueline Wilson A Christmas Carol is a great reminder to bring Christmas cheer. When talking about Scrooge, so many people choose to go positive and wish him a Merry Christmas. Who can we show kindness to this holiday season?The first is pale, shadowy (long forgotten?) and “ like a child; yet not so like a child as an old man” (the child is father of the man?). The optimist says that maybe the Christmas spirit can be contagious, like a benign virus, and that the goodness of the season, or even just the day, can spread. The ghostly visitors are not of the Christian kind, but ghost stories were popular in Victorian England. Each ghost is very distinctive in appearance and manner. The Christmas Carrolls is a heartwarming, hilarious and inclusive tale about the power of spreading cheer, the magic of friendship and what really matters at this most wonderful time of the year.Wish it could be Christmas every day? Well, for nine-year-old Holly Carroll and her family, it is! Living her merriest life in a house with year-round fairy lights and Christmas trees, a carol-singing toilet and a diva donkey who thinks he’s a reindeer, home-schooled Holly tries to spread cheer wherever she goes.

In 1703, another collection, Chants des Noëls Anciens et Modernes, was printed by Christophe Ballard (1641–1715), in Paris. John Rutter’s Shepherd’s Pipe Carol is recognisable by its jaunty rhythm and flute-like introduction which mimics the sound of pipe music. Rutter actually wrote the carol whilst an undergraduate at university, and it was the first piece of his ever to be published.The earliest carol, like this, was written in 1410. Sadly only a very small fragment of it still exists. The carol was about Mary and Jesus meeting different people in Bethlehem. Most Carols from this time and the Elizabethan period are untrue stories, very loosely based on the Christmas story, about the holy family and were seen as entertaining rather than religious songs. They were usually sung in homes rather than in churches! Traveling singers or Minstrels started singing these carols and the words were changed for the local people wherever they were traveling. One carols that changed like this is 'I Saw Three Ships'. Carol-singing men on a square in Ljubljana - Johann Weikhard von Valvasor [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons When the Puritans came to power in England in 1640s, the celebration of Christmas and singing carols was stopped. However, the carols survived as people still sang them in secret. Shaw, Martin; Dearmer, Percy; Vaughan Williams, Ralph, eds. (1964). The Oxford Book of Carols. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780193533158.

The tradional story about a broken organ at St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf is fiction from a story published in the U.S. in the 1930s. His commentary on Victorian life and his social criticisms are known to be key aspects of his books, and I can now attest to that fact! The Adoration of the shepherds, for example the Czech carol "Nesem vám noviny" (translated into English as "Come, All Ye Shepherds") Carols and their words continued to be disseminated, even in the 16th century when Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans tried to ban the singing of carols. But enough of money matters, for now! What follows are a few random observations on this, the latest of my many readings.

O Little Town of Bethlehem

The Ukrainian carol most known to the Western World is the " Carol of the Bells", with English lyrics by the American composer of Ukrainian descent Peter J. Wilhousky, composed by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych as " Shchedryk", and premiered in December 1916 by a choral group made up of students at Kyiv University. Although it is a Christmas carol in Wilhousky's English lyrics, in original Ukrainian lyrics it is a Generous Eve carol ( shchedrivka [ uk], Ukrainian: щедрівка), having nothing with Christianity. In the past I have viewed the temporal structure of the tale (ghost past, ghost present, ghost future) as an effective but obvious device. But the more I think about it, the more profound it seems, psychologically and spiritually. This, after all, is the pattern of every true conversion, the manner in which we grow in sympathy toward our fellow human beings: we reflect upon the emotionally charged sense impressions of the past, observe their consequences for good or ill manifested in the present, and then—on the basis of these observations—we make a decision to act in a new way, a way which draws us grow closer to love. Certainly St. Augustine would have understood, for it was how he envisioned the Trinity, as a model of love in action: memory, understanding, and will. Aun así, un clásico inmortal de Navidad que no requiere introducción. Recomendable, para la audiencia correcta.