The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
Christmas carols arr ms old as tn,

Christmas carols arr MS old as tho
Christmas era
The first Christmas carol was sung by
the angels to tho shepherds Of Jud,a.
They sung Glory to Goa In the Highest.
and on Earth. Peace Good WI roward
Men," The startled shepacrd heart
the words and remolabrrqd them ani sung
them asaiu the following year, aud the
year after, ana Tor long Christmas Ewes
before the Holy Script psrpetuoted them
forever.
the Christmas carol comes from a Latin
WORD -carolere, which means ITO sing
songs OF JOY At one time the word carol
desenerated and meant carousal ana in the
year ~ he bishops forbade in ludulgenco
In Carols and iiahollcal thiass ON the
least of.John. the Baptist"
Later the carol again regaincd It's pos
"se ana became beautiful song OF joy,
especially appropriate Tor Christmas,
Easter songs and ieast-uay hymns are
not properly speaking. carols, for II is
only on Christmas thai the song of end y
TESS JOY can appropriately be sung. In
inc yenr 9s0 writer, Ramehousis anolse
OF carols and angels praise. moan
ins the same Kind OF glad song ROY
represented by our modern carol Chau-
Ger also uses the word carol
carols and dances
Pointed on the wall
anu ne again says
saw her dance SO romciy,
Carol and sing so sweoliv.
For the last 100 years the ,yor1 o,ro,
mas become more aud more frequent n,
literature, and II is now taken fnr a svm"
Dol OF mat which is bright and BEAUTIFUL
NY heart carols forth its song M inv -
appears In the love poem Of prominent
writer Another secular writer poetiges ..
IN hers weet eyes the ,apces lie
Like carols OF swset melody.
Inc earliest German caro+was der Tae
W., 'st 20 ,reuhditea. Che earliest llcl
land carol Is 1T Is cen dach van vrolirn.
heit, Both OF thess were wrltten In tho
thirteenth century '''N
some OF the most beautiful Christmas
earN's appear In the Fifteenth siNtennIh
anu seventeenth cenluris ana had tho,r
aoIne N France. Italy and England In
tnose Ways u was The mark af iitterateur
rot as plentiful as they are nov ana o,''
OF the most famous collectors wns Do (,ni,r-
roy OF France. whose mama comes oo,,n :,
us IN the writings OF The day. more re n
collector OF carols than as a wrlier or q
character. W
England was always inclined 10 mako !,
wassail OF her carols. ond they were spe.
cia,y Joyous, and not always sacrea, onr
81 the faYorite wassalls or carols was Inc
boar's Head" written about Srn vsa,,
EGO Queens college student whila ~,
bis way 10 mass was oyertalSrn Nv n ,oar
To save his life he thrust his yoh,me a.
Aristotle down the hnar's throat ana no
went on to church. On his return the leo !
lay dead with the volume still in his tiraat
The student severed the heal from the
body and bore It home. and altar teaebiny
there composed the "Boar's Carol
wassail song Is particularly sunc on
holidays, and may be considered A sans
used more for Publication than one tul,ae
Bile for church or Chri stmas song. lenc,
IN our acceptance Of no term II sho,, n
properly be thrust out.
The English royalty were nil very FOND
Of the Christmas carol. Queen Eiizabeth
had her ladies' sing them with dancing
hence It Is doubtful that she underst,od tha
meaning OF the word carol. Hut tn, Church
* England has always kept IN the tproi
sinking 10 it, church cboi-, and /. has In
~ carol collections sorie Of tho most tca,.
tlf1I cenpcsitions In the world.
The E1ort beautiful carol syer sung or
re one th&t 4 most widely sung. Il the
5ymn q Nativity" which Is sung ey-
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