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About Jeff Westover
Father of 7, husband of 1. Jeff is a freelance writer and content developer from Northern Utah. He founded MyMerryChristmas.com in 1991.
Entries by Jeff Westover
Best of New Christmas Music: Maybe by Next Christmas by Allison Young and Carson McKee
Maybe By Next Christmas is a timely original tune performed by Allison Young and Carson McKee. This is a well written song that resonates well in 2020: Is it odd to say I’m proud of these two artists? I hear a song like this that is originally written, that speaks to a hurting world, one […]
Best of New Christmas Music: Christmas Waltz by Marc Martel and Amy Grant
The Christmas Waltz is not the most well known of Christmas classics. But it is a showcase for the marvelous blend of Marc Martel and Amy Grant, who have teamed up again after doing a little Christmas together in 2019. Take a listen: I’ll be the first to tell you this is not my favorite […]
Best New Christmas Music: What Child is This by The Piano Guys
What Child is This? asks a Christmas question that many artists have attempted to answer. The Piano Guys answer it well – without even using its famous lyrics. We will always lay claim to being the first in line when it comes to the Piano Guys because we’re Jon Schmidt fans first. Jon’s Christmas concerts […]
Best of New Christmas Music: Christmas Highway by Bahamas Music
Christmas Highway is a sweet song that tells an “unknown Christmas legend” by Bahamas — a Canadian singer with quite a following: What’s not to love about a song that tells a story of Santa? Seriously, this is one uplifting song. And what is not to love about one guy doing it all? Clearly Afie […]
Best of New Christmas Music: All I Want for Christmas is a Rock Show by Grizfolk
“All I Want for Christmas…” is quickly becoming the most overused phrase in Christmas music. Well, that depends on what one wants for Christmas. In the case of this new song from Grizfolk, it’s a pandemic driven plea for a…rock show. No, not a gem show. A R-O-C-K (as in “in the USA) kind of […]
Best of New Christmas Music: Christmas Time is Here by Little Big Town
Little Big Town participated in CMA’s Country Christmas by unleashing these sweet harmonies from a Christmas classic: CMA’s Country Christmas program aired on November 30th on ABC and it brought out a lot of great music. But this one was one of the best. Little Big Town is not new to Christmas music, having previously […]
Best of New Christmas Music: Carol of the Bells by Magdalene Rolka
It’s not every day you get Mrs. Claus to play a little Christmas diddy on the piano for you. In this fun little video there’s some serious good music in this festive rendition of Carol of the Bells: That was pretty fun, eh? Mrs. Claus has got some skills, right? We did a little digging […]
Best of New Christmas Music 2020: This Holy Night by Broken Bow Music
This Holy Night by Broken Bow Music is a real gift for us this Christmas. Every once in a while during a season flush with new music such as this year of 2020 we get a song that just stops us dead in our tracks. This new original Christmas song from Broken Bow Music is […]
Best New Christmas Music 2020: Angels We Have Heard on High Lindsey Stirling
Angels We Have Heard on High is the very fresh new video put out by Lindsey Stirling: I’m not going to lie, I’ve been a bit disappointed in Stirling the past few years. But in this video she hits the right chords in terms of messaging. Angels We Have Heard on High is based upon […]
Best New Christmas Music 2020: Satoshi Gogo
We’re pleased to introduce you to our first selection of the Best of New Christmas Music Videos 2020, from Satashi Gogo’s Winter Wishes Christmas album and his acoustic rendition of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Satoshi Gogo is a Japanese composer / acoustic guitarist based in Japan. He was born in 1988 and started […]
The Tears of Charles Dickens
It is said the tears of Charles Dickens were shed as he wrote A Christmas Carol. During a brief period in the fall of 1843 Dickens would take late-night strolls on the streets of London as he mulled the story he was creating over and over in his head. The more the story came together, […]