24 facts you probably didn’t know about Christmas Carols and Songs

“Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, I hear Christmas music.” Tom Sims  1. The word “carol” comes from the French carole which means a circular dance 2. The word “carol” first appeared in the English language in the 16th century. 3. “Christmas” carols began in the 15th century and had no dance element to them. 4. …

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English pronunciation

Mastering the meaning!  Christmas is almost here…. Christmas. That silent “T” in the word made me start to think about the pronunciation of English words and just how confusing it can be!  I’m not the only one to think about it either – in fact way back in 1922 a poem called The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité amusingly worked its …

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