Have you ever wondered what the stories are behind our best loved Christmas Carols? Then today’s recommendation is for you!

“Why Was the Partridge in the Pear Tree? The History of Christmas Carols” by Rev. Mark Lawson-Jones is available from Borrow Box. It tells the hidden stories behind our best-lived Christmas carols, from their earliest incarnations in the Middle Ages and their banning under the Puritans to the carols that united soldiers on the Western Front during the First World War.