"Don we now our gay apparel." When countless Americans sing this line each Christmas season, they probably have no idea that it's a substitute lyric. I didn't, until recently. But now that I know the ...

"Deck the Halls" often conjures the festive atmosphere of the holiday season. The English-language lyrics to "Deck the Halls" were written by the Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant in 1862, and the ...

You see, the original English version of "Deck the Halls" was filled with booze. You might notice that the part where we now sing about donning gay apparel was ...