God rest ye merry gentlemen!

I'd like a God-given rest. I come to you live from my new office/studio in my new house and hooray the internet is with me. God bless BT and all who sail in you.
After I'm done blogging, I'll be setting up the furniture in my new des res, complete with a background of carols because it's Christmas innit?

A few days ago, I bought this album Carols from King's , or as itunes would have it 'Carol's From Kings' (containing the howler 'The First Nowell') which irritates me no end because you can't alter the title of a bought track as far as I can tell. Thankfully the carols are sublime even the spelling is ridiculous.

I was trying to think of my favourite carol but I can only make a shortlist, 'Jesus Christ the Apple tree', 'O come, O come Emanuel' and 'God rest ye merry gentleman' might just have it for me but I also have special affection for 'Good King Wenceslas', 'O Little town of Bethleham' and 'Hark the Herald Angels sing'.

Prize for carol I love but have never sung? Carol of the Bells - I first heard it in 'Home Alone' of all things. It's gorgeous.

Comments

[Jane]

"Hark the herald angels sing" is my favourite carol, and the one that makes it feel like christmas

[Mel]

I think "nowell" is actually an archaic spelling, not just a wrong one, weird as it seems. You see it pretty often in names of carols.

(This has been a semi-official holidailies drive by!)

[Relly]

oooh, interesting Mel. However, the arrangement of the carol they sang is definitely titled 'Noel.
Thanks for the drive-by ;)