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Featured music:

“The First Noel” by Sleeping at Last from the album “Christmas Collection, Volume One”

Background music:

“The First Noel”  by Mark Bodino from “My Favorite Christmas Guitar Songs All Year Round”

“Peace Christmas” by Lobo Loco from the album “Memories” (from the Free Music Archive)

More information:

Learn more about “The First Noel” from CBN and Wikipedia.

Learn about the origins of many other carols, caroling and more from The Christmas Stocking at Carols.MyChristmasStocking.net