"Oh, here we come a-caroling among the leaves so green..." Which holiday did caroling originally celebrate?

When Europeans began the tradition of caroling thousands of years ago, they sang pagan songs in celebration of Winter Solstice. As Winter Solstice occurs on the shortest day of the year, near Christmastime, it was natural for Christian carollers to take up the tradition as their own.

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