Do you know what bobtails and wassailing are? We have experts explain the meaning of those weird Christmas carol lyrics. Many of our most popular holiday songs are from the 19th century, when ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Christmas carols are one of our oldest holiday traditions. In fact, some probably predate the holiday itself. We know music itself is ancient, dating back to before there was ...

No fictional Christmas story from English literature has been produced in so many versions on stage, in film, or on television as the Charles Dickens 1843 novella “A Christmas Carol.“ In television ...

In 1906, a new carol appeared in “The English Hymnal,” an influential collection of British church music. With words by British poet Christina Rossetti, set to a tune by composer Gustav Holst, it ...

"The Wassail Bowl," printed in The Illustrated London News on Dec. 22, 1860. Going door to door and offering a song or performance in exchange for a drink or money is a centuries-old English custom.

Miss Piggie and Kermit the Frog singing in Disneys Muppets Christmas Carol Credit: Image via Disney When it comes to the lovable puppets of Jim Henson, for many, the Muppets were a formative part of ...

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For the second year in a row, we at CNA conducted an informal poll on social media to determine which Christmas carol reigns supreme as our readers’ favorite. To simplify things, the only choices we ...

You might think “A Christmas Carol,” Charles Dickens’ fable of redemption, is just a part the holiday. But in fact, it pretty much started the whole thing. This weekend, KPCC’s Off-Ramp program, ...

About a decade ago, actor David Nevell, head of Voice/Movement in CSUF’s Department of Theatre and Dance, was attending a party following the opening-night performance of W. Somerset Maugham’s “The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Christmas carols are ...