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.

Gardiner Sisters sing What Child is This

They must be related....they blend beautifully in this rendition of What Child is This:
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Hallelujah: Is it a Christmas Song?

How can a song with up to 80 original verses be considered a Christmas song? (Or how can it not?) In it's original form Hallelujah contained several Biblical references. Hallelujah was written in 1984 by Leonard Cohen and has gone on to…
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Military Voices Carol of Christmas

Being the 100 year anniversary of The Christmas Truce we've heard and seen a lot in emotional ways of that great Christmas event. The video for the song was filmed at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey and contains original…
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New Music: Rob Stroh’s Christmas Presence

For all the variety that is Christmas music sometimes what you need, much like Christmas itself, is to strip away all the fluff and return to the heart. Rob Stroh's new album Christmas Presence is an album of piano instrumentals easy on the…
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New Music: I’m Still Waiting for Christmas

Listen to this song before you read anything more about the artist. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl="http://mymerrychristmas.com/music14/waitingforxmas.mp3"] Ready to be blown away? Performing this song is 12-year-old Maya Rae…
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Kenny Chesney Spends Christmas at Blue Chair Bay

Kenny Chesney is laid back this Christmas, releasing this single titled "Christmas in Blue Chair Bay". “I was in the mood, especially with the time I’ve been spending in Barbados with my rum, to try and distill how slow and sweet the…
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Fans Upset About Butchering of Christmas Songs

Last night's broadcast of the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was supposed to be a televised treat for Mariah Carey fans. The famed diva ruffled feathers by failing to show for rehearsals with the youngsters selected to…
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What Shall We Give?

How are we really spending our precious time during this Christmas season? And how do we really celebrate Christmas? When we give...what are we really giving? Those are the questions posed in this video below, silently spoken but beautifully…
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Joel the Lump of Coal

Jimmy Kimmel released a video today destined to become a favorite of some this holiday season. He collaborates with The Killers who annually produce a Christmas song with proceeds that go to charity. Kimmel doesn't sing but he lends his own…
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Paul McCartney Does NOT Have the Worst Christmas Song Ever

We have received emails concerning mass media commentary about Christmas music in the past couple of days. Receiving the most attention is the piece in USA TODAY about Paul McCartney having the worst Christmas song ever for his tune, Wonderful…
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Pentatonix Continues to Roll Out Christmas Videos

Pentatonix is hot and they know it. After releasing their Christmas album on October 21st to delirious reviews and rabid fan reaction online they continue to roll out the videos to support sales -- and Thanksgiving is still a week or more away.…
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New Music: Sara Stevens What Child is This

Sara Stevens is a remarkable 14 year-old pop opera vocalist with the depth of tone of a well-seasoned soloist. She’s accomplished quite a bit in a short period of time, from singing in Atlanta Opera’s “La Boheme” to winning first place…
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New Music: It Feels Like Christmas

Carly Jamison is a rock singer/songwriter who likes to expand her writing skills and musical palette by writing a new Christmas song every year. She has been recording them as demos and sharing them online. This year, however, she finally went…
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New Music: Christmas to Me by Don Murdock

Don Murdock is a country singer/songwriter who loves Christmas! Don was raised a Catholic and as a youngster has memories of attending Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, of caroling door to door, and of Christmas concerts at school. Like many…
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Christmas for the American Slave

Christmas for the American slave was a time of hope and irony. Slaveholders and white landowners, as many Americans do today, deviated from their routines during the holidays for the celebration of Christmas and the New Year. It was a time…