Editing Christmas carol (section)

===Ukraine===
Ukrainian Christmas carols are named [[kolyadka]] ({{langx|uk|колядки}}).<ref name="Encyclopedia of Ukraine">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/pages%5CK%5CO%5CKoliadaIT.htm|title=Koliada|website=www.encyclopediaofukraine.com}}</ref> They were originally sung to celebrate the birth of the Sun (winter solstice).<ref>{{in lang|uk}} ''{{ill|Український пасічник|uk}}'' [''Ukrainian Beekeeper'']. volume VII, no. 1, January 1934, p. С. 1.{{full citation needed|date=March 2021|reason=Article title? Author?}}</ref> After the incorporation into Christianity, their theme has been shifted to Christmas, celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.

The Ukrainian carol most known in the [[Western Hemisphere|Western world]] is the "[[Carol of the Bells]]", with English lyrics by the American composer of Ukrainian descent [[Peter Wilhousky|Peter J. Wilhousky]], composed by the Ukrainian composer [[Mykola Leontovych]] as "[[Shchedryk (song)|Shchedryk]]", and premiered in December 1916 by a choral group made up of students at [[Kyiv University]]. Although it is a Christmas carol in Wilhousky's English lyrics, in original Ukrainian lyrics it is a [[Generous Eve]] carol ({{ill|shchedrivka|uk|Щедрівка}}, {{langx|uk|щедрівка|link=no}}), having nothing with Christianity.