Thomas Hardy: Christmas Carollings
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A tradition at Christmas was for the choir of local musicians and singers to assemble at the Hardys' cottage, prior to setting out into the snow to do the rounds of local farms, homesteads, and manor house, in order to entertain their occupants. Hardy recreated this magical scene in Under the Greenwood Tree, published in 1872.
In the days when labouring classes worked long hours, and for the majority, material comforts were small, Christmas was a time (aside from the formalities of necessary...























