The Appalachian Christmas carol “Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head” was ... as with so many other folk carols and hymns, the song’s origins predate by many decades its collection and publication.

The "True Love" one hears in the song is not a smitten boy or girlfriend but Jesus Christ, because truly Love was born on Christmas Day. The partridge in the pear tree also represents Him because ...

Let everybody sing the song of praise. And a child is born ... People go to church to remember Jesus coming into the world on Christmas Day. Jesus is always around us but on Christmas he is ...