After a series of posts from some of the "usual suspects" having nothing whatever to do with The Coventry Carol, it's nice to see Q's constructive contributions. If folk were able to restrain themselves occasionally instead of immediately launching into repetitive and predictable diversions every time the word "carol" is mentioned in the same breath as "Christmas", we might all learn a little more.

Q is also to be thanked for making unnecessary (for now) a lengthy piece from me on why the terms "Pagan" and "Pre-Christian" are almost always misleading or irrelevant in discussions of traditional song in the English language.