Faithful or not, all can rejoice in carols – hymns drenched in our folk memory | Esther Addley

It's entirely right that Christmas carols rouse non-believers' spirits too, given the original, and radical, meaning of manyVery many of us will have a sound or a smell or a sudden temperature drop that, for each, signals the beginning proper of what, in its broadest and most literal sense, we might term the festive season.For some, it is the first glimpse of a Christmas tree in a neighbour's window; others, the making of early gift lists; or the first Christmas card dropping on the mat; or the ...

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