Ambroosius on ladna mees... ühest j uluteemalisest külalaulust

On a village song on Christmas theme Anu VisselFor the Estonians the word Christmas carol denotes an authorial song, primarily a children's song or a hymn. Christmas songs are extremely rare among the old alliterative songs (runosongs). It seems to be typical to the old pre-Christian winter equinoctial customs that they are not very closely associated with calendrical songs. Several Christmas songs might be found among the more recent rhymed folk songs, which describe some local Christmas party or some other events during the Christmas period. Usually, they are long cheerful narratives which mention nothing of the holiday's Christian origin. One of such songs is Ambroosiuse laul (The Song of Ambrose) from the vicinity of Torma.