Christmas carols are among the oldest songs people still sing, according to Dr. Keely Rhodes, an assistant professor of music at USC Aiken. Rhodes presented “Music and Merriment: Origins of the ...

Do you know what bobtails and wassailing are? We have experts explain the meaning of those weird Christmas carol lyrics. Many of our most popular holiday songs are from the 19th century, when ...

I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, and mild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all ...

Artists across all genres tend to release Christmas music every year. Sometimes, they compose new original songs for the holiday season. Others choose to put new spins on Yuletide classics. However, ...

To the Editor: Some English Christmas carols written in the 1700s refer to Jesus as King. Isaak Watts’ “Joy to the World” describes Jesus’ birth as “Let Earth receive her King.” Similarly, Charles ...

Charles Dickens created quite a stir in 1843 with his story, ‘A Christmas Carol,’ about wealth and poverty in industrial England. The author’s message still resonates nearly 170 years later, as the ...