Even without words, “Carol of the Bells” is laden with irony. The epic, Wagnerian Trans-Siberian Orchestra adaptation that’s packed arenas for the last decade takes as its subject a cellist ...

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But it’s Williams who helped further cement “Carol of the Bells” into the holiday music vernacular when he included it in his 1992 score for “Home Alone,” which was set during Christmas.

From resistance to Hollywood: 'Carol of the bells' is globally known as a Christmas carol, but in Ukraine, it's also an embodiment of cultural resistance.