P204 CEEFAX 2O4 Tue 26 Dec 21:41/23 →  RR→      Everyone enjoys Christmas carols, but did you know that the first "carols" were the work of the Greeks and Romans? The word carol comes from the Greek "choralaulein", and in their early Vorm4 carols were called ring-dances. After the Reformation, the old songs amd carols almost died out until there was a resurgence of interest in them in the 19th century. Many of the most popular carols actually came from the United States.