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is a popular <a title=\"Christmas carol\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas_carol\">Christmas carol<\/a>, which is based on the Ukrainian New Year&#8217;s song &#8220;<a title=\"Shchedryk (song)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shchedryk_(song)\">Shchedryk<\/a>&#8220;. 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