Christmas songs - the oldest ones are the best

Christmas songs - the oldest ones are the best | History Extra: 

 Christmas carols were mostly a Victorian tradition along with trees, crackers and cards. Eugene Byrne explains the why the popularity of Silent Night has never faded, why there’s always a place for Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, and why the British fondness of Good King Wenceslas has not yet subsided



 Silent Night (1818)