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Christmas Carols And Their Meaning  Author: Leo Albert Buskey  (
Article orginally published December 1960 )  Soon the affecting
strains of Christmas Carols will be wafted from every radio and
TV and it's now time to trace back their history, as knowing
where a thing came from makes it mean all the more.  Carol is a
Latin word meaning to dance in a ring. And hack in the 1300's
that it what was done in Germany while the mother rocked the
cradle and family and friends sang and danced around them at
Yuletide.  Wandering minstrels spread these haunting Christmas
songs far and wide, and though the Puritans in England banned
them during the 17th century the custom flourished underground
and by the 19th century, they were adopted in the churches.
"Adeste Fidelus" (O Come All Ye Faithful) is sometimes called
the Portuguese Hymn because th