Keeping the Christmas Caroling: In Dulce Iubilo, the Wexford, and A Rose in Winter.
With the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God today – or, in the usus antiquior, the Circumcision of Our Lord – the Octave of Christmas comes to a close, but the twelve days of Christmas continue to Epiphany, and the Christmas season continues to the Baptism of the Lord (next Monday), or, in the traditional[…]