Good King Wenceslas

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"Good King Wencesla(u)s" (Roud number 24754) is a Christmas carol that tells a story of a tenth-century king of Bohemia (a former kingdom now within the modern day Czech Republic) who goes on a journey, braving harsh winter weather, to give alms to a poor peasant on the Feast of Stephen.

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Image: engraving by Brothers Dalziel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.