Absence of Carol Singers Is Evidence of Spiritual Malaise

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No carol singers came to my door before or at Christmas, though children wearing monster masks knocked all night at Halloween. Last year, I had two sets of children come at Christmas, first a group of young boys then a group of girls who were a little older. All both groups could sing was We Wish You A Merry Christmas, and when I asked them to sing a carol they replied they didn't know any.

I could only shake my head in sadness; this was yet another sign of the soul-sickness of our modern so-called culture. Children singing carols at Christmas go together like milk and honey - we certainly loved singing them at school back in the 1940s and '50s. Watch a street scene at Christmas in any old movie and you will see a group of children carrying a lantern singing carols from door to door.

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Absence of Carol Singers Is Evidence of Spiritual Malaise

The absence of religion in many schools today fits in with the prejudice felt against religion generally, which means children do their learning in the street about drugs, drink ...

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