Written with effervescent charm, and professional knowledge, Andrew Gant's Deck the Hall reveals the musical and social history behind each Christmas carol. Twenty seven carols take you from the Annunciation to Epiphany so the Christmas story becomes an underlying narrative linking the stories and anecdotes behind each item. The songs have been chosen to provide a mix of the familiar with the less well-known but interesting, and to cover the main historical and cultural sources, with at least one from key traditions like folk-song, hymns, other countries and so on. As Andrew says, 'Some were born to Christmas, some have achieved Christmas, and some have had Christmas thrust upon them.'

This wonderful, rich musical pudding gives us a unique insight into what makes us who we are. Even more importantly, they give us lots of great songs.