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Carols












                                     .                                         We begin to sing them at

                                                                                Christmas table. These are

                                                                                 the songs telling about the


                                                                                  Lord's birth. Their name

                                                                                   comes from Latin word

                                                                               “calendae” which meant the

                                                                              first day of month. First they


                                                                                 were sung by the Romans,

                                                                                  then Christians started to

                                                                                                 sing them.


                                                                            The oldest Polish Christmas

                                                                             carol is “Farewell, the King of

                                                                                 Angels”, and it dates from


                                                                                                about 1420
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