We Wish You A Merry Christmas

The most popular Christmas carol roughly but joyfully performed by the KaraFun team!

The considerable cultural impact of the Christmas carol is graphically demonstrated by the simple yet very popular folk carol from the West Country of England, "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." Although this song, which is quite possibly from the sixteenth century, is lively, attractive, affable, and conducive to the attainment of a positive holiday temperament, it cannot be considered as a piece with outstanding artistic substance.

The songs which are musically superior to "We Wish" are legion. But if one lists the songs which are better known, more performed, and more reacted to, they would certainly number far less than whatever number legion may be. There is just one reason for this discrepancy. "We Wish" is one of the primary elements in the body of music which pervades the longest, most beloved, and most culturally dominant of our holidays. Collectively, no other group of songs appears to have as much influence on Western civilization as do Christmas carols, especially in light of the relatively small number of significant carols that exist. Carols are not limited by age, education, life-style, beliefs, nationality, or taste.

For about one month of each year they strongly envelop all sectors of predominantly Christian nations, and even non-Christian nations are not exempt from their presence. A little song like "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," therefore, can have an effect surpassing its intrinsic merits because of its continuing membership in the highly influential club of carols.

William Studwell, The Christmas Carol Reader.

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