carol
Festive holiday song
A carol is a joyful song, especially one sung at Christmas: We went caroling through the neighborhood.
The word applies to any celebratory hymn, though Christmas carols dominate modern usage.
To carol is to sing such songs, typically in a group moving from house to house.
The choir caroled late into the evening. (Capitalized Carol is a given name.)
Festive December song
- wassailSpiced holiday beverage
- jingleBrief advertising melody
- hollySpiny-leaved winter shrub
- eggnogSweetened dairy holiday drink
mistletoe · poinsettia · tinsel · stocking · sleigh · reindeer · nutcracker · gingerbread
Pleasing sequence of notes
- verseMetered poetic passage
- refrainAbstain from acting
- tuneMusical sequence of notes
- lyricsWritten words for music
ditty · harmony · vocal · sing · chorus · ballad · warble · croon
Religious song of praise
- psalmSacred scriptural song
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- canticleScriptural text sung devotionally
- spiritualRelating to the soul
liturgy · worship · devotional · vespers · evensong · praise · gospel · doxology
Festive door-to-door singing
- door-to-doorDirectly between residences
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- lanternEnclosed portable light
- candleWax stick with wick
Victorian · Dickensian · charity · goodwill · tidings · gathering · custom · revelry
noel
Festive December song
eggnog · mistletoe · poinsettia · tinsel · stocking · sleigh · reindeer · nutcracker · gingerbread · candy cane
melody
Pleasing sequence of notes
lyrics · ditty · harmony · vocal · sing · chorus · ballad · warble · croon · serenade
hymn
Religious song of praise
spiritual · liturgy · worship · devotional · vespers · evensong · praise · gospel · doxology · benediction
wassailing
Festive door-to-door singing
- door-to-doorDirectly between residences
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- lanternEnclosed portable light
candle · Victorian · Dickensian · charity · goodwill · tidings · gathering · custom · revelry · celebration
ensemble
Unified group or outfit
bass · conductor · wassailers · acapella · madrigal · polyphony · harmonize · voices · octavo · rehearsal
magi
Persian priest-sorcerers
- shepherdsThose who tend flocks
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- frankincenseAromatic resin for incense
myrrh · nativity · swaddling · angel · inn · stable · manger · wise men · gold · census
- songssong, songs, tune, folk ballads, melody
- Catchy Tunesearworm, jingle, ditty, catchy tune, pop song
- holiday contentholiday movie, holiday special, holiday album, holiday episode, holiday concert
- music typesaria, ballad, concerto, symphony, sonata
- musical piecesaria, cantata, concerto, etude, fugue
- singalong songssingalong, campfire song, camp song, drinking song, shanty
- Christmas carolsTraditional holiday songs
- Carol Burnett
- A Christmas CarolHoliday tale of transformation
- carol singingPerforming festive songs together
- carol singersSeasonal door-to-door performers
- Carole King
carols, caroling, caroler, carolers, carolling, caroled, carolled, caroller, Carolyn