I very much enjoy traditional carols: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "The Carol of the Bells", "I Saw Three Ships", etc.

Several years ago, on a whim, I purchased a "Medieval Christmas" CD. The performers reproduced, as faithfully as possible from the original sources, the music actually performed during the middle ages. I regret that I lost it some time ago.

I recall that it was haunting and melancholy to a degree that would be unthinkable today. It drove home to me just how fragile and difficult life was in that era.

KD :ootd: