Editing Christmas carol (section)

==Episodes described==
Several different Christmas episodes, apart from the [[Nativity of Jesus|birth of Jesus]] itself, are described in Christmas carols, such as:
* The [[Annunciation]], for example "[[Gabriel's Message]]"
* The Census of Augustus, a rare subject, but touched upon in "On a Day When Men Were Counted" by Daniel Thambyrajah Niles (1964)
* The [[Annunciation to the shepherds]], for example "[[While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks]]"
* The [[Adoration of the shepherds]], for example the Czech carol "Nesem vám noviny" (translated into English as "Come, All Ye Shepherds")
* The [[Star of Bethlehem]], for example, "[[Star of the East (song)|Star of the East]]"
* The [[Visit of the Magi]], for example "[[We Three Kings]]"
* The [[Massacre of the Innocents]], for example the "[[Coventry Carol]]"

In addition, some carols describe Christmas-related events of a religious nature, but not directly related to the birth of Jesus. For example:
* "[[Good King Wenceslas]]", based on a legend about [[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia|Saint Wenceslaus]] helping a poor man on 26 December (the [[Saint Stephen's Day|Feast of Stephen]])
* "[[Ding Dong Merrily on High]]" and "[[I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day]]", reflecting on the practice of ringing [[church bell]]s at Christmas