Christmas Music

Christmas music is one of the most cherished elements of the season. Name any other day or season on the calendar that celebrates with music. Nothing matches Christmas in its celebration through song. Those traditions date back hundreds of years long before the advent of modern recording technology. Like all things associated with the season Christmas music dovetails with history and tradition that makes celebrating Christmas a rich and satisfying part of our lives. We approach holiday music in two ways here at My Merry Christmas: in the features of this section and in the Merry Podcast — where Christmas music isn’t just explained it is shared. And because it continually evolves and expands we also explore new releases coming out every holiday season.

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Kenny Rogers to Release His 6th Christmas Album

Kenny Rogers plans to release his first Christmas album in 17 years this fall. Titled Once Again It's Christmas the album shares traditional fare with new songs produced specially for the project. Rolling Stone provides the details: Joining…
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Jimmy Fallon Wants Mariah Carey for Christmas

Jimmy Fallon grabbed some classroom musical instruments, gathered the kids, the group Roots, and Mariah Carey to give new life to Carey's hit, All I Want for Christmas is You. Is it as good as the original? Maybe better:
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Sleigh Ride Day

On this date in 1946 American composer Leroy Anderson penned the holiday favorite, Sleigh Ride. Though long associated with Christmas and played each holiday season as a classic Sleigh Ride was never officially a Christmas song. But given its…
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I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas Day

On this summer day in 1953 Gayla Peevey recorded one of the biggest novelty hits of Christmas, I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. We declared today to be I Want a Hippopotamus Day of Christmas, with just 169 days remaining until Christmas.…
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Richard Marx and Everyone Else Has the Christmas Spirit

Trying to get a little Christmas spirit going? This video, on the recommendation of many, is good medicine. From his largely under-appreciated Christmas album of 2012 this video features the selfie videos of celebrities in music new and old…
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Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas to Debut on BluRay

In mid-December 2014 NBC aired a stop motion animated special called Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas, based on the 2003 hit movie titled Elf. The television special was well received by critics and seen by millions. The holiday musical movie…
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Mariah Carey Bets on Christmas

Mariah Carey wants to be back on top -- and she is looking to Christmas to get her there. The now unmarried mother of two is in the middle of a revitalization phase of her career and recently started a run in Las Vegas that has already run…
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We Need a Little Christmas

Today is the 24th of May and there remains only 215 days in our countdown to Christmas. On this date of May 24th in 1966 the Broadway musical Mame made it’s debut starring Angela Lansbury in the title role, bringing the song (and many…
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Grinch Coming to Gaylord Opryland Country Christmas

The Grinch's heart might be two sizes too small, but Gaylord Opryland Resort is welcoming him with open arms for its annual Christmas festivities. "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" will be a part of the resort's "A…
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Train to Release a Christmas Album

Train is releasing a Christmas album this year. Frontman Pat Monahan told Billboard that the band is currently recording a Christmas album with the tentative title Christmas in Tahoe. And Monahan promises it will be no ordinary holiday album. “There’s…
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Little Big Town to Release Christmas Album

Country band Little Big Town plans to release a Christmas Album in 2015. The band behind the immensely popular “Girl Crush” hit will be recording their first ever holiday album this year. LBT’s Phillip Sweet revealed that the talented…
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Garth and Trisha Plan Christmas Album

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are planning an album of Christmas duets. The country music couple revealed during a press conference in Tulsa they have begun recording their first album together. “Right now, the album that we are starting…
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John Denver Day

Today is the 31st day of December, leaving just 359 days until Christmas, and on this day in 1943 one of the most popular Christmas icons of the 1970s was born. It is John Denver Day. His given name was Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. but…
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Christmas Eve Shoppers

Songwriter Steven Hardy give us a song of wisdom and warning about waiting until Christmas Eve to do our Christmas shopping:
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I’m Getting a Ukulele for Christmas

Carly Jamison is having quite a Christmas. In this new video she introduces her third single of this Christmas and, like the other two, it's awesome! Written in the traditional of all great Christmas novelty records, it's a fun genre-defying…