Everyone loves a carol - in the end, even Scrooge. As they accompany us through the Christmas season, they summon up a special kind of midwinter mood. But how did we get that magic? This talk unravels our seasonal soundtrack and tells the stories of everyone's favourites from "Good King Wenceslas" and "Away in a Manger to "Ding Dong Merrily on High and "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
