There is perhaps no other music associated with Christmas that people know but know so little about than Handel’s Messiah. In a documentary shown widely on PBS this holiday season BYU Television travels the world to showcase the everlasting popularity of the work and to explore the story of it’s creation. And what a story […]
I cut my teeth in retailing back in the 1970s. I literally grew up in a retail environment. I have memories of spending nights in the store on an office floor in a sleeping bag while my parents worked the sales floor to get it ready for the next day. These were years when product […]
It is early Christmas Eve morning — very early — in the far corners of the world and that means the elves in the Tracking Center at the North Pole are on the job. News has been coming from the North Pole in a steady stream for days but now it updates every 15 minutes […]
1. Bury them in the back yard for future archaeologists to discover. 2. Give them to your son for a science project 3. Hang on to it to find out if there REALLY is more than one Fruitcake that’s making it’s rounds every year. 4. Use it to hold up a broken table or chair […]
Our old friend Carly Jamison is offering yet another new Christmas original and like last year it rocks. What we love about Carly is her enthusiasm for the season and the fact it doesn’t have to sound like a hymn. This is party music, it’s bright, fun and addictive. Thanks again and Merry Christmas, Carly!
These guys are just having fun now — insane fun. We’re talking BYU Vocal Point and this time they rock. This fall has seen their Christmas album catch fire and it is because of stuff like this. How great is this? Look for this to headline Christmas light shows across the country next Christmas. No […]
GENTRI is an all male group making an impact all over these days. Their group name means “The Gentlemen Trio” — three tenors, matched vocally and arranged spectacularly. In this Christmas offering they do a mash up of What Child is This with I Wonder as I Wander. Give them a listen: These guys are […]
This video comes from songwriter Shawna Edwards and is performed by David Osmond, who rose to some fame several years ago on a television singing talent show and has since gone on to record some incredible work. A free download of this song is available at http://www.thestarstillshines.org/.
I have been on a mission over the course of several Christmas seasons to find a Biblically correct Nativity scene. Like others who celebrate the religious elements of Christmas I am fond of the Nativity story and want it to share space with my Christmas tree, my Christmas lights and other decorations of the season. […]
We so greatly enjoy the young, fresh talents that are out there. Here’s a video of a young guitar player with some serious skills named Gabriella Quevedo performing Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town:
Here’s a fun video that is actually getting a little criticism online because the music appears to be dubbed over the action. But is that the point? The music is fun, the idea is fun and the reactions look spontaneous enough to us. Lighten up, it’s Christmas. Here’s the premise — pull up to your […]
A growing chorus of Christmas messaging is emerging from this Christmas season — artists are declaring their love for Jesus Christ. None is doing it more originally than Bryce Romney, a name unknown to most but whose voice is growing in familiarity as one of many with BYU Vocal Point. In this first video Romney […]
