Many songs celebrating the holiday are written by African Americans — people we know — and whose music has always given us life. Christmas ... Night,” “The First Noel,” “Joy to the ...

While many people can easily hum or even sing the lyrics to ... English carol sets the scene for Jesus’ birth, aka the first Christmas (or in this case, Noel). The song features the shepherds ...

But even before it was a Christmas carol, this renaissance dance tune had already been used as a tavern song, a political chant ... to several different noël lyrics. These French noëls are ...