Christmas carol concert in an English high School
Every year, in the weeks before Christmas, people in Britain wait for the knock on the door followed by a quick bellow of Hark the Herald Angels Sing. Of course, sometimes it is sung very well, other times you open the door and children look at you hopefully after singing just two lines of a well known Christmas carol.
To enforce the work ethic in children, many people stand and insist they get at least one whole carol before parting with money. This can be a sacrifice if the kids aren’t musically gifted.
The tradition of carol singing goes back to medieval times and continued through the ages. In earlier times it was called wassailing and the singers wassailers – the origin of the carol Here We Come A-Wassailing. Traditionally they were given festive food like mince pies but now they expect and get small sums of money – actually they don’t mind large sums of money too!
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