I am sure that carol singing will not completely die out. Away in a Manger has always been one of the first original carols most children learn in infant school. The words are simple and the tune is pretty. The range of carols learnt after that possibly depends on whether the schools or choir groups are in a village, market town or city, as far as young people are concerned. It isn't their fault I am suggesting there are less social distractions than there would be in a city. What villages suffers with lack of public transport they gain with uninterrupted use of village halls etc. And the community possibly more involved with each other.