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    Christmas

    What is the oldest Christmas carol?

    When was the first Christmas carol?

    Best Christmas carols of all time

    The 32 best Christmas carols of all time

    Greatest choirs in the world

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    The best Christmas classical music albums and recordings

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    Five of the best ancient Christmas carols

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    Grace-Evangeline Mason’s ‘A Winter Carol’: the exclusive score for the 2021 BBC Music Magazine Christmas carol

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    Download the score of our exclusive Christmas carol by composer Dobrinka Tabakova

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