# Christmas carols

Author: Walter, L. Edna (Lavinia Edna) [Editor]; Broadwood, Lucy Etheldred, 1858-1929 [Contributor]; Hartley, J. H. [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: British Literature

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72492

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Christmas+carols+Walter&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Special times or events have been celebrated from time immemorial by feasting, dancing, and singing. Often the dancers formed a ring and sang as they danced, first the dance and later the song being called a carol. The carol was not always strictly religious, although in the old times both the singing and dancing often took place in cathedrals and churches. Some of the carols that we still know are connected with times before the Christian era. They have now lost their dance and the melody has changed, but the ideas are very ancient. The Holly and the Ivy suggest the old Druids, and we still put up Holly and Ivy in our houses just as people did before the time of Christ. We put them up at...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christmas-carols-72492/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christmas-carols-72492/chapters/2/index.md)