From: Walter Miles <waltmiles at comcast.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:55:06 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Carols
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
On 12/26/11, Mike B. wrote:
> On 12/26/2011 11:00 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>> There are lots of Christmas carols. And a few meant explicitly for
>> the day (or night) before Christmas. Jingle Bells was originally
>> meant for *Thanksgiving*. The Twelve Days of Christmas isn't the
>> only one to span several days, since many mention both Christmas and
>> New Year's day. But there's one well-known "Christmas" carol that's
>> always been specifically about today, the day after Christmas.
>>
>> Who wiil be the first to name it?
> "Good King Wenceslas"
> -- Mike B.
"Good King Wenceslaus looked down upon the human species,
Valuing it slightly less..."
J. Mayhew (c. 1980)