Did you know that:
* St Francis of Assisi introduced Christmas Carols to formal church services.
* The word Carol comes from the ancient Greek choros, which means "dancing in a circle," and from the Old French word carole, meaning "a song to accompany dancing."
* Christmas carols were banned between 1647 and 1660 in England by Oliver Cromwell who thought that Christmas should be a solemn day.
* The tradition of carol singers going from door to door came about because they were banned from churches in the Middle Ages.
* White Christmas by Irving Berlin is the biggest-selling Christmas song of all time. It is estimated to have sold approximately 350 million copies on record and sheet music.
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