carol

• The first carol is a genuine Christmas one, a sort of religious recognition of the occasion, according to our notions fraught with a frivolity almost bordering on blasphemy; but then it must be remembered that these peasants have formed their own simple ideas of the life of Christ, the Virgin, and the saints, to which they have given utterance in their songs. —  Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
• The old halls of castles and manor-houses resounded with the harp and the Christmas carol, and their ample boards groaned under the weight of hospitality. —  Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving
• Presently a choir of small voices chanted forth an old Christmas carol, the burden of which was Rejoice, our Saviour he was born On Christmas Day in the morning Illustration I rose softly, slipped on my clothes, opened the door suddenly, and beheld one of the most beautiful little fairy groups that a painter could imagine. —  Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving
• It would be impossible for me to give anything like a representative collection of Christmas carols, because of space, but I venture to reproduce a few old ones, and first, perhaps the oldest we have, an Anglo-Norman carol, which is in the British Museum, and with it I give Douce's very free translation. —  A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide
• One last song They sang a Christmas carol, and then, in order to be up early, they went to bed soon afterward Well, I wonder what will be next?" —  The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp Glorious Days on Skates and Ice Boats

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