Christmas and New Year carols
On Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, children sing carols from house to
house, to their family, to their relatives, to friends and acquaintances, to
their neighborhood.
To this end, they wake up very early, to catch up with the other carol
singers and get more money, because as the hours go by at noon, most people
have already heard the carols many times, and do not want to hear them again or
have not other money to offer or both.
Αs soon as noon comes, the
money is divided equally among the children who sang and everyone gets his share.
When I was a child and I used to sing carols, with the money I
collected, I would go and buy toys. In the center of my city, there was
a very nice shop that sold toys and there I got with my own money, the gifts I
wanted. In the past, when people were poorer, they did not give money to
children who sang carols, but sweets, fruits and nuts.
Each place has its own carols, which although they may look similar in
terms of words but
differ in music. Depending on the musical tradition of each place, there
is also music for Christmas and New Year carols. Of course, there are
carols of the Epiphany , but they are not heard so often, as most
children do not know them.
The songs about the carols talk about the birth of Christ and Santa
Claus and are intended to make people happy and to convey messages of love,
hope, happiness, health, good luck, longevity and joy.
People always hope and wish the new year to be better than the previous
one and they want what they have not managed to achieve so far, to realize in
the new year.
Of course, what everyone wants above all is to have health of themselves
and their loved ones and then to have everything that will make them cheerful and happy.
So let us hope this year, 2022, is better than last year and that each
of us is healthy and fulfills his personal goals.
Happy new year to all of you!
Anthoula P. Veziri
