Entries by Jeff Westover

Africanized Little Drummer Boy

Alex Boye may or may not be known to you. But his enthusiastic version of Little Drummer Boy will not soon be forgotten to those who watch it this season. Obviously low budget, the video endeavors to tell the simple joys of giving to others and in this it succeeds gloriously. The tune is familiar […]

The First Noel by the Gardiner Sisters

There’s another Gardiner sisters? That’s the supposition in this new video of a subtle, sweetly harmonic version of The First Noel. Yeah, she’s much younger. But she fits in this song. This group just keeps getting better and better. It’s fun to watch them grow more in popularity as they bring out more Christmas music. […]

Kylie’s Christmas Video

Kylie Minogue’s journey as a pop star, actress and celebrity may not be known to some she is a legitimate star with sales of more than 80 million records worldwide. And she’s adding to that number today with the release of this new Christmas video titled Everyday’s Like Christmas:

The Unspeakable Gift

We’ve long been fans of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas music. But all for the technical precision, fun and sheer beauty of their Christmas productions nothing matches the power of the message. In this moving video the Choir sings Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, music alone that touches the heart strings. But the video tells without […]

What the Phrase Merry Christmas Means

It falls from our lips without much thought: “Merry Christmas!” But what is it we are really saying? In an informal survey conducted recently more than 94 percent of Americans asked thought that the word “merry” meant “jolly”. Taken in context, many around the world do indeed celebrate a “jolly” Christmas these days. But that […]

Reading Dickens

Everyone knows the story of A Christmas Carol backwards and forwards. Pick a version by decade and you’re bound to find one you love. Everyone can claim to have seen a big or a small screen version of it. But have you ever read it? I confess it never passed in front of my eyes […]

O Come Emmanuel

We have heard several beautiful renditions of O Come O Come Emmanuel these past few years but this new release by Jenny Oaks Baker takes it to an all new level. The music, combined with the powerful visuals of the Nativity makes for a fantastic Christmas message:

Star Wars Funk

We’ve been on the prowl for the great Christmas light videos of 2015 — where are they? It’s been pretty light this year, no pun intended. Here’s one but there’s little information to share with you about who did it or where it is from. It has only been on YouTube for a couple of […]

Friendly Beasts

There are tales and legends aplenty of the animals present at the Nativity. In a great telling of some of those legends in song is Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, star of stage and a voice known from many films. Dubbed “The Last Leading Man” by The New York Times, Mitchell has enjoyed a […]