Uintah Basin Standard | 1963-12-19 | Page 13 | When Caroling Began

When Caroling Began With the joyful strains of First and other beloved today's carolers carry on a meaningful Christmas custom that originated centuries As as the fourth cen tury a musical poem was sung in honor of St. Basil and his victory in the fight for Christianity over the Byzantine emperor In legends of St Basil were later put to music and sung at Christmas and the New The first real Christmas were probably sung in the Italian mountain village of when St. Francis of Assisi created the first manger scene in He and his brethren led the villagers in singing hymns of praise to the Love is to the moral nature exactly what what the sun is to the