My reason for doing carol of the bells is because it is my favorite christmas carol to sing. It was composed by a Ukrainian composer. His name was Mykola Leontovych. It was the director of the Ukraine Republic Choir who told him to right it. It was first performed in December of 1916. But very quickly after that it lost its popularity in Ukraine. That happened because the Soviet Union took over then. But on October 5, 1921 it was performed in the U.S. to a crowd that was sold out. It was performed and Carnegie Hall. Then we made and English version to the song. The new lyrics were published during The Great Depression. In 1936 to be exact.The guy who wrote the new versions name was Wilhouky. He copyrighted the lyrics to make it his own work.