Christmas songs are a relatively recent development, the product of the era of sound recording. Tradition, in fact, has a lot to do with the difference. After listening to Christmas songs traditionally referred to as carols and those traditionally referred to as songs, I think I've figured that weeding process out. It seems to me that no matter what it says in a dictionary, carolers use some sort of weeding out process before going out and risk having their tongues fall off from frostbite as they make their nightly rounds. Yet I can't imagine carolers such as the ones pictured above going door to door singing those songs, not without getting road salt dumped on their heads. "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" is a carol. But if we go by that definition, there is no difference! Any song that touches on Christmas is a carol. Historically, a carol is a song associated with a festive occasion, and Christmas certainly qualifies. Christmas music can be divided into two broad categories: Christmas "songs" and Christmas "carols." So what's the difference between a song and a carol? Well, I've been doing all kinds of googling to find that out, and the answer is a bit unsatisfying.
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