Table of Contents

"Contents: Introduction; Carol: The Word; The Start of Singing to the Reformation; Early Christian Nativity Chants; The Development of Carol Singing; The Song of the Sibyl; Early Anglo-Norman Secular Celebrations; The Coventry Carol; Good Christian Men, Rejoice; O Come, O Come, Emmanuel;The First Nowel; More Medieval Melodies; Lullabies for Jesus; Early French Christmas Carols; Wassailing: A Christmas Tradition; Luthers Carols; England: Caroling Before the Commonwealth;The Crime of Caroling; Keeping Christmas Alive; Victorian Carol Collections; Songs of The Early Years: The Boars Head Carol; The Twelve Days of Christmas; O Christmas Tree; Deck the Halls; The Holly and the Ivy; The Huron Carol; I Saw Three Ships; County Carols; Songs in the Hymnal: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night; Joy to the World; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Adeste Fideles; Silent Night; Angelic Voices Singing; O Holy Night; Once in Royal Davids City; It Came Upon the Midnight Clear; Good King Wenceslas; We Three Kings; What Child Is This?; O Little Town of Bethlehem; More Spiritual Songs: Christmas Carols for the Cradle; Ring Those Bells!; Spirituals from the Old South; Carols by Christina; Alfred Burt and the Christmas Card Carols; The Little Drummer Boy; The Legend of the Christmas Rose; Kings and Shepherds; Some Secular Songs: Winter Wonderland; White Christmas; Ill Be Home for Christmas; The Christmas Song; Let It Snow!; Sleigh Ride; Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas; (Theres No Place Like) Home for the Holidays;Jingle Bell Rock; Rockin Around the Christmas Tree; Carols about Christmas Characters: Santa Claus;Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Frosty the Snowman; The Chipmunks; Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey; More Songs for Children All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth; Holiday Songs by Tepper and Bennett; I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus; Disney Sings Christmas.; Miscellaneous Music: The Holiday Blues; Its a Rhythm-and-Blues Christmas!;Caroling with a Latin Beat; Pretty Paper; Prayers for Peace; Christmas Music for the Movies;Carols about Christmas Cake; Sexually Suggestive Seasons Greetings; Parodying Christmas; More Miscellaneous Music; Performance Pieces: Bachs Christmas Oratorio; More Christmas Cantatas; The Messiah; The Nutcracker; Carol Symphony; A Ceremony of Carols; Amahl and the Night Visitors; The Trans-Siberian Orchestras Christmas Trilogy"

About the Author

Tonya Lambert is an author and historian who currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta. She holds an MA in History from the University of Saskatchewan. Tonya has done a great deal of academic writing and has worked in the publishing sector as an indexer, transcriber, editor and bookseller, but her real love is writing. In recent years she has taken a keen interest in popular culture, specifically holiday themes. An earlier work, Halloween Trivia, was published by Blue Bike Books. Tonya is also the single mother of three girls, who keep her constantly on the go.