Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:41:13 -0500
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Carols
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Walter Miles wrote:
> 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"
>
> "Good King Wenceslaus looked down upon the human species,
> Valuing it slightly less..."
>                                 J. Mayhew (c. 1980)

Good King Wenceslaus look out,
   On yo' feets uneven.
- C. LaFemme

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