| iday season arrived and once more, it is for radio | | | | words to "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "Hark |
| and television the opportunity to make us enjoy | | | | the Herald Angels Sing", and "Silent Night" are sung |
| the Christmas music we love. While historians are | | | | by numerous young boys caroling, also known as |
| not sure of the origins of Christmas caroling, we | | | | wassailing, in hopes of receiving some cakes or a |
| tend to think that originally carolers were roaming | | | | hot cup of the alcoholic drink. |
| from one house to a different one, singing | | | | And what about the famous film "It's a Wonderful |
| Christmas songs and receiving food or some hot | | | | Life", starred by James Stewart? Remember |
| beverage. Then came radios echoing the beautiful | | | | George Bailey and the angel Clarence Odbody... |
| melodies of Joy to the World as well as Silent | | | | The angel has been sent on earth to show |
| Night. The birth of television allowed us to enjoy | | | | George, depressed, all the good he has done to |
| the holiday season by creating a wide variety of | | | | people around him. At the end of the movie, the |
| Christmas shows that we enjoy each year. | | | | entire family gathered around the Christmas tree |
| One of these well-known classics is Charles | | | | and sang "Joy to the World". Life is actually |
| Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", especially adapted | | | | wonderful!It's a wonderful life indeed |
| for these shows. Who does not know the story | | | | In all film genre, there is one whose music will |
| of this old miserly, avaricious, selfish and vindictive | | | | become an international and eternal success... The |
| man called Ebenezer Scrooge, who became a | | | | famous "White Christmas", performed by the |
| kind, generous and grandfatherly gentleman? | | | | great and unequaled Bing Crosby! Nowadays this |
| Many carols are largely and regularly featured in | | | | song is still regarded to be the most popular |
| any adaptation you care to watch. The familiar | | | | Christmas song in the world. |