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| An old photo of Frodo caroling... |
December 20. Today is Go Caroling Day. Every day for Frodo is caroling day. He sings.
Lots.
The first Christmas carols date back to the
4th century – but the first time carols were sung in churches was
not until the 19th century.
Before that, carols were often sung at communal gatherings – and people
used to go from house to house – wassailing.
According to some historians, somewhere around 500 Christmas carols have
been discovered in museums. That’s a LOT
of singing. And that doesn’t even
include our modern Christmas songs!
Some carols are familiar world wide – like
this well-loved German song. There are
many versions of it – it is hard to pick just one example of it. Here’s a
version:
And one without music:
Then we have songs that are unique to
countries, like this Canadian carol sung in Huron, French and English:
And of course, I MUST mention POLISH
carols. My human can sing along to many
of these – because she heard them as a child.
She has no idea what she is singing – but she loves them just the same. This is a great list:
BUT – it doesn’t include one of her very
favorite songs:
And what would a blog about Christmas songs
be without one of THE most famous renditions by dogs:
I went MAD when my human played that. So did Paxton. We were singing along. And Frodo was silent for a change. Clearly he prefers to be a soloist.
If you have a favorite song from your
country – please feel free to share it to my Facebook page! Happy singing!
©
Linda Wozniak
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