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The Glorious English Carol
Originally published as episode 59 on December 21, 2019, this popular episode is being rerun in a slightly improved version.
This is a love letter to the great English Christmas carols, from "There Is No Rose" to "The Boar's Head".
Did you know that not just any Christmas song is a carol? The true carol, in all its earthy splendor, is a distinctive product of the Catholic middle ages. Yet our forefathers didn't limit caroling to Christmas: they wrote carols for every season of the year covering the entire story of our Redemption, not to mention secular topics at times.
This episode explores…
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