{"id":2046,"date":"2024-12-17T14:58:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T14:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/?p=2046"},"modified":"2024-12-17T14:58:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T14:58:54","slug":"christmas-carols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/?p=2046","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Carols\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Moira Andrews&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The word \u201ccarol\u201d originated around A.D. 1300. It was derived from the word \u201ccarole\u201d which referred to a type of dance called \u201cdancing in a ring.\u201d Nowadays we think of carols as Christmas classics. Some songs like \u201cJingle bells\u201d and \u201cJoy to the The World\u201d are considered classics, but there are always new ones coming out. Here is the history of how our beloved songs came to be.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Plymouth.ac.uk Christmas carols can be traced back to 4<sup>th<\/sup> century Rome and were sang in Latin. In the 9<sup>th<\/sup> and 10<sup>th<\/sup> centuries, Northern European monasteries created a song to a sequence of rhymed stanzas. The monk Adam of Saint Victor derived music from popular songs in the 12<sup>th<\/sup> century. This created something closer to the average Christmas carols we hear today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"301\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2047\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Christmas caroling is a common tradition many partake in. People go from house to house singing songs and spreading positivity. This tends to be more of a religious practice now, but it didn\u2019t used to be. According to thegospelcoalition.org, the world carols was used to refer to any festive song, but now it\u2019s almost exclusively used to refer to Christian holidays and religious music.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked what his favorite Christmas carol was and why, <strong>Mr. Zimmerman said<\/strong>, \u201cAll I want for Christmas by Mariah Carey. Because its Mariah.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked if she participates in Christmas caroling<strong>, Julia Wesolosky<\/strong> from CIT said, \u201cI do participate in Christmas caroling because it has always been a family tradition of mine.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christmas caroling is a fun activity to do with your church or with friends and family. Spreading Christmas cheer is a great way to spend the holidays.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few of the top ten most popular Christmas carols include, \u201cHark the Herald Angels Sing,\u201d \u201cJoy to the World,\u2019 \u201cSilent Night,\u201d \u201cAway in a Manger,\u201d \u201cJingle Bells,\u201d \u201cThe Twelve Days of Christmas,\u201d \u201cWe wish you a Merry Christmas,\u201d \u201cWhite Christmas\u2019, and Feliz Navidad.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Moira Andrews&nbsp; The word \u201ccarol\u201d originated around A.D. 1300. It was derived from the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2049,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046\/revisions\/2049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}