We owe much to the Victorian figures determined to resurrect the joy of Christmas through music. Andrew Green charts how carol collectors have shaped the way the world celebrates

From cards to carols, celebrating the festive season when you’ve two lots of family traditions to bolt together isn’t easy…

It was 1963 and things were changing – but had Judith been left behind?

I was at one of those gatherings where friends of friends sprawled into groups entirely unconnected from the first, like a suburban town long freed from its planner. “It must be great to be in enterta

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It happens every year around this time. I’ll be going about my day, when all of a sudden I’ll hear the faint jingle of a Christmas song. An advert or shop soundtrack with just the faintest snippet of