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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 2005
Page
7
The piece outlines how winter holiday songs originated in churches and villages, noting that most early Christian music was Latin and later shifted to local languages under leaders like St. Francis of Assisi. It highlights enduring tunes such as The First Noel and explains how secular media revived later works.
Carols grew from traditional dance tunes with added words to tell religious stories. The term derives from carole, a French dance. Puritans barred holiday music in the 1600s but carols revived in the 1700s, with songs like Hark the Herald Angels Sing and Joy to the World becoming popular.
Katie Leung appears as Cho Chang in the latest Harry Potter film The Goblet of Fire. The Scottish teenager, from Hamilton, graduates in May and now lives in Motherwell with her father sister and two brothers. She was selected from thousands at an open casting on Chinese TV seeking an acting debut.
The piece traces holiday music from 1800s carols like Silent Night to Dr. John Mason Neale translations and 1930s new tunes. It notes Hanukkah songs such as Dreidel and Light One Candle, and explains Kwanzaa music rooted in African American family traditions.
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