What are the best Christmas carols of all time? We asked 50 choirmasters for their choices... here are the results ...

Visiting some of England’s most glorious cathedrals is becoming a pricey business, costing anything from £7.50 (Exeter) to ...

"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.

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 ...

Christmas carols are among the oldest songs people still sing, according to Dr. Keely Rhodes, an assistant professor of music at USC Aiken. Rhodes presented “Music and Merriment: Origins of the ...

The Coventry Cathedral is the birthplace of “The Coventry Carol,” which is inspired by Matthew’s Gospel account of the massacre of innocents. Credit: Joseph Witcombe/Coventry Cathedral If you want to ...

That old English Christmas carol about 12 days of gifting holds certain intrigue for birders. After all, seven of the 12 gifts were birds. First published in England in 1780, “Twelve Days of Christmas ...

Despite mince pies being spotted in supermarkets since September, for many, Christmas in London doesn't really begin until Jack Thorne's adaptation of A Christmas Carol opens at The Old Vic theatre.

🎵 Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la! We hear them every year, echoing through shops, churches and town squares, but how often do we pause to consider the origins of our favourite Christmas carols? Here is ...

What says Christmas to you? The lights on Oxford Street? The first Nutcracker of the season? Or perhaps a favourite pantomime. The Old Vic production of A Christmas Carol may be a relatively recent ...

What says Christmas to you? The lights on Oxford Street? The first Nutcracker of the season? Or perhaps a favourite pantomime. The Old Vic production of A Christmas Carol may be a relatively recent ...