The Christmas Carols Appreciation Society is a secular, non-religious and non-political organisation that exists to celebrate, preserve, and renew the rich tradition of Christmas carols. We promote the singing, study, and enjoyment of carols as living music, encouraging communal participation and creating a welcoming community for singers, scholars, and enthusiasts alike. Alongside valuing and exploring the historic carol tradition, we actively support the writing and sharing of new carols, keeping the practice vibrant, meaningful, and relevant for future generations.
by ANDREW PAGE Christmas carols feel timeless, familiar, and reassuringly fixed - songs we think we have always known and always sung in the same way. Yet many of the stories we tell about them are surprisingly unreliable. From supposed medieval origins to secret codes and dramatic moments of inspiration, carols have acquired layers of myth that often obscure their real, and far more interesting, histories.
