I haven't seen door-to-door carolers in my town in decades. I suspect it's fallen out of fashion. Or it could be perceived as too dangerous: going up to a stranger's door! Yikes! I don't hear carols either. It's all pop music: Jingle Bell Rock, Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, and the like. Two weeks ago I was at a concert presented by the New Jersey Master Chorale and the Philadelphia Orchestra. The music was a combination of carols and sacred songs and it was lovely. Other Christmas concerts I've attended in the past featured mostly Jingle Bell Rock-type songs and a few of the easier carols. It would be a pity to lose the old carols.
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