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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
