A new Christmas single from artist Steve Wariner is the title track for a new Christmas album titled Feels Like Christmas Time. Wariner has released the song to YouTube to preview the album’s release slated for October 16th: The album features re-imagined arrangements of familiar Christmas classics including “Silent Night,” “The First Noel,” and “It […]
Light as a theme of Christmas dates back to the very beginnings of recorded history. As with many elements of Christmas it is a mixture of reverent worship, pagan tradition and spiritual symbolism that give light its lasting impact on Christmas. In the Old Testament, the psalmist David wrote “The Lord is my light and […]
Christmas in Killarney was made famous by Bing Crosby back in the 1950s and it remains a holiday favorite. Oddly, few try to cover the song. It’s too bad too because it’s a fun song that lends itself to a lot of musical styles. So it’s no surprise it’s taken on by an Irish band, […]
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is getting a lot of love this year. And why not? It’s a classic who’s time has come again and this beautiful rendition by Black Violin is a must listen: The song comes from their new Christmas album Give Thanks. Produced by Phil Beaudreau, the album was released on […]
The Covid Christmas is the thing of 2020 so why not sing about it. That’s the theme of this new song from Canadian singer Dara Schindelka: As she told CTV News, Schindelka did not write this song for making a record. She wrote it as a coping mechanism for dealing with, well, COVID. “Schindelka is […]
You will need to shop early for Thanksgiving this year. Word got out fast about early Christmas shopping but few know of the problems coming in shopping for Thanksgiving. Significant food shortages on traditional Thanksgiving items are already showing with Thanksgiving now about a month away. Major food distributors in the United States are scrambling […]
Halloween will see only 1 in 10 braving the elements to trick or treat this year. Survey respondents of MyMerryChristmas.com’s annual survey of holidays said that long before the CDC recommended folks forego the door-to-door tradition this year. It is just one many holiday trends shifting in 2020. World events such as the pandemic, election […]
What happens when you take a Christmas an old classic like Silver Bells and mix it with veteran artists? Marc Martel, Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith hand us a gift with their tight harmonies and unique arrangement of this Christmas standard: The song dates back to the post-war golden era of Christmas pop. Bob […]
On the very day that Mariah Carey declared Christmas season open and not long after Robbie Williams declared that Michael Buble should not own Christmas Michael Buble did what pros do: he showed why he’s the master of Christmas music: A classic song — done in Buble style — garnished with old-school Christmas stop-motion animation. […]
John Legend is going all-in to profit off his Christmas album from 2018, A Legendary Christmas. A deluxe version of the album is soon to be released and it is being hyped by capitalizing on the great Christmas music controversy of 2018. The song Baby, It’s Cold Outside was banned on a handful of radio […]
Just weeks ago it was announced that a new musical version of A Christmas Carol is being produced to star Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds. Not much is known about the project, including a release date, but speculation is buzzing about just who will play Scrooge. It is an interesting question. If there is any […]
