Many of our traditional carols have references to items and occurrences that have faded from memory. “Troll the ancient Yuletide carol”? Isn’t a troll this?

For some insight into your favorite Christmas carols, we’ve found this article for you. (BTW that’s a fun blog to visit for history-minded folks.)

So why are Christmas carols

called “carols” and not just “songs”? Wikipedia has an interesting history of carols, which leads to just this tiny clue: “It is not clear whether the word carol derives from the French “carole” or the Latin “carula” meaning a circular dance.”

Maybe it’s because we’re all running around in circles this time of year?