{"id":1818,"date":"2022-12-18T21:56:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T21:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2022-12-18T21:56:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T21:56:31","slug":"villancicos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/12\/18\/villancicos\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas carols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday I spent my afternoon listening to (and singing along to) some \"villancicos\", which are the traditional Spanish Christmas songs. I found a Youtube compilation that was very similar to what I used to listen to when I was little, a cassette tape with carols sung by children, and it brought me many happy memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Villancicos.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"541\" data-attachment-id=\"1817\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/villancicos\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Villancicos.jpg?fit=2000%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Villancicos\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Villancicos.jpg?fit=676%2C541&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Villancicos.jpg?resize=676%2C541&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Old looking sheet music surrounded by Christmas tree leaves and small pink and purple baubles\" class=\"wp-image-1817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Villancicos.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Villancicos.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Villancicos.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Villancicos.jpg?resize=1536%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Villancicos.jpg?resize=15%2C12&amp;ssl=1 15w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Villancicos.jpg?resize=1200%2C960&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Villancicos.jpg?resize=676%2C541&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Villancicos.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Villancicos.jpg?w=1352&amp;ssl=1 1352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Spanish \"villancicos\" are versions of Christmas carols originally written in other languages, like <em>Silent night<\/em> or <em>The little drummer boy<\/em>, with soft and harmonious melodies. Then there are the ones originally written in Spanish, like <em>\"Los peces en el r\u00edo\" (Fish in the river)<\/em> or <em>La marimorena .<\/em>(I really don\u00b4t know how to translate this one), with lively tempos, cheerful melodies, and instruments like tambourines and \"zambombas\" (which Google says can be translated as \"friction drum\" - it\u00b4s a typical Spanish thing). Anyway, as you know, Spanish people love celebrating things by being loud \ud83d\ude42  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be honest, \"villancicos\" are some of my most treasured Christmas memories. Now thinking about it, I believe it has to do with them being songs that are passed from generation to generation, and that we can all sing together, the whole family. I used to love singing them myself as a child, and years later, when it was time for my daughters to learn them, I really enjoyed passing them along. It was as if, for a little while, I also became a child again...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For me, Christmas carols combine the power of music, which lifts our spirit and brings us together, with the excitement of Christmas. And if you look at it this way, they\u00b4re the perfect excuse for us to allow ourselves to become children again, set aside our worries for a little while, and truly enjoy the present moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What about you? Do you like Christmas carols? Which one is your favourite? And what other things make you feel as excited as a child?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ayer me pas\u00e9 la tarde escuchando (\u00a1y cantando!) villancicos, que son las canciones navide\u00f1as tradicionales espa\u00f1olas. Encontr\u00e9 en Youtube una recopilaci\u00f3n muy parecida a la que yo escuchaba de peque\u00f1a, en una cinta de cassette cantada por ni\u00f1os, y me hizo much\u00edsima ilusi\u00f3n recordarlos. Algunos villancicos en espa\u00f1ol son versiones de los Christmas carols procedentes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/12\/18\/villancicos\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Christmas carols<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":1817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"BinaryWords - Villancicos \/ Christmas Carols","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Ande, ande, ande... \/ Dashing through the snow...","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4986],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musica-music","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DPtR-tk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/12\/04\/ilusion\/","url_meta":{"origin":1818,"position":0},"title":"Excitement","author":"binarybea","date":"04\/12\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Ya estamos en diciembre, y en los pa\u00edses donde se celebra la Navidad, el ambiente navide\u00f1o ya lo invade todo: las calles iluminadas, las familias decorando sus casas, las tiendas llenas de gente comprando regalos, los villancicos y otras canciones t\u00edpicas sonando por todas partes... 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