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|December 26, 2025
THESE JOYOUS BIRDS LIVE UP TO THEIR FESTIVE REPUTATION
DOOR-TO-DOOR carol singers are a fast-vanishing Christmas tradition in an age of inflatable Santas and mischievous elves on shelves. But listen carefully as the winter night descends and unassuming choristers will be filling the air with the sweet sounds of seasonal joy.
The song of the robin redbreast has inspired our greatest writers with its sibilant notes delivered across town and country at a time when nature is hushed.
John Clare, the so-called Peasant Poet, extolled the melancholy beauty of its voice in his 1820s work, the Autumn Robin:
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