Show I W. W The Christmas Carolers Are Welcome Everywhere t c tj H EH ERL come the Carolers Carolers' So 0 It used to he be Young faces pressed against the windowpane straining to heat heal the carols outside Perhaps It was the story of the Christ child put to tune or a ballad of love lo and cheer When the singers were done the householder invited them in m for a bite and a sup or gave them a coin or two for Tor their song I Then on to the next house to sing again under the stars or 01 veiled behind behind behind be be- hind silted sifted snow An then In the early morning home borne again to their own firesides It was Vas a good old custom this midnight minstrelsy in the season of ot peace and goodwill With the beginning beginning begin begin- ning of Yuletide twelve days before Christmas day as os Percival Chubb tells us in tn the Standard published In New York by the American Ethical Union Onion small hand of musicians went the rounds round and In Mn the mire or on un the road or on the he steps played the theold theold theold old folk tunes as a lyrical prelude to the great day To some of 01 the antique antique an an- tique ballad airs like King says Mr Chubb f the lie singers would add a u hymn tune or two two Once Once In Davids David's Royal City or Hark the Herald Angels Sing Punctuating rhe be bustle of domestic preparation for the coming feast these ministrations in ln the QI night ht gave a breath 01 ol poetry that touched the spirit of Christmas with an endearing ben beauty Day ay by day the tide of Joyous joyous Joy joy- ous anticipation rose until the crescendo crescendo crescendo cres cres- cendo broke into a forte of ance Those simple days of the folk tolk are gone says Mr Chubb the glory Is depart departed d. d But the custom ot 01 making the rounds on Christmas eve to sing carols of peace and good will on earth still prevails here and there Literary DI Digest est cc- cc |