Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo
Forget the Red Ryder BB gun. How come Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo? That’s the theme of this festively animated video from last year by David Myles:
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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. […]
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 […]
Google Translate and Christmas
What would you get if you washed classic Christmas songs through Google translate? That question get answered in a clever and hilarious new video from Malinda Kathleen Reese. Rudolph will never be the same:
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 […]
