83 carols and rounds. Section 1: Sing through the favorites, from #1 "O come, all ye faithful" to #18 "Joy to the world!" and read the two Christmas narratives (Luke and Matthew); Section 2: Sing secular favorites, from #19 "Deck the halls" to #27 "We wish you a Merry Christmas!" Section 3: Sing requests, #28 to #83, alphabetically arranged; carols and hymns from many traditions, with 15 new translations from French, German, Spanish. Many carols in lower keys; 40 new harmonizations with simpler textures, written to lie more readily under the hands. Plus a 5 page mini-history of carols with a description of how a new (84th) carol came to be.