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the only mob that shows up at your door demanding figgy pudding, not your wallet.
means People who go from house to house or gather in public singing Christmas songs, usually in a festive group.
from From "carol," which came into English through the Old French "carole" — a ring-dance accompanied by song — possibly traceable further back to a Late Latin or Greek word for a circling dance with a flute. So a carol was originally about the dancing feet as much as the singing voices; only later did it settle into specifically joyful, often religious, song. Add the agent suffix "-er," and you get the singers themselves: the carolers.
- medieval origin
- originally pagan circle dances, not Christmas at all
- wassailing
- singing for booze was the original business model
- once banned
- Puritans outlawed it as rowdy public nuisance
- door-to-door
- earliest version of demanding payment with a song
king's college choir — cambridge university ensemble that has performed christmas carols on bbc radio since 1928
vienna boys' choir — austrian group founded 1498 that sings christmas concerts annually in vienna and tours globally
rockefeller center christmas — new york city event featuring live carolers throughout december at the iconic plaza