On the final episode of Hark! this season, prepare yourselves for a wee bit of scandal because we’re looking at a tune that began as a bawdy love song and has long been associated with an evil monarch ...

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 ...

Despite my love for Christmas karaoke, I am not a trained musician. My ears are unfit to distinguish a mediocre melody from a magnificent one. Still, when it comes to Christmas carols, I consider ...

’Tis the season to sing cheerfully about infant slaughter. Many of our beloved Christmas carols contain lyrics that, when examined closely, reveal surprisingly dark, violent, or just heavy content ...

For many of us, Christmas doesn’t really begin until the carols start. You hear them drifting through town centres, playing ...