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.

Kristin Chenoweth Talks Up a New Christmas Album

Participating in a social media Q&A with fans over the weekend Kristin Chenoweth confirmed work on a new Christmas album and hinted of a possible duet with Frozen vocalist Idina Menzel. If true, the album would quickly become one of the…

Michael W. Smith Records 2014 Christmas Album

Michael W. Smith took to social media and posted pictures of himself in the studio recording his upcoming Christmas album during the summer. The album follows an extensive catalog of Christmas albums from Smith. The legendary singer was excited…

Frozen Star Idina Menzel to Release Christmas Album

Christmas 2014 just got “cooler” as Idina Menzel has announced she’ll be releasing a Christmas album. The Broadway star, Menzel, who lent her voice to the animated hit “Frozen” explains her decision to record and release an album saying,…

LeAnn Rhimes Announces Christmas Album and Tour

It may be July, but LeAnn Rimes already has the holiday season on her mind. The singer will embark on a Christmas tour in conjunction with a festive album in 2014. Rimes used an interesting YouTube video to make the announcement to her fans.…

Mariah Carey Working on Christmas Remake

Fading Christmas star Mariah Carey is jumping on the Frozen bandwagon. She is supposedly considering creating a new edition of her enduring modern day Christmas classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” byway of a duet with one of the breakout…

Jennifer Lopez Working on Christmas Album

Industry insiders at Digital Spy report that Jennifer Lopez is working with David Foster on a possible new Christmas album. Lopez is coy about whether or not the album can get done this year but past history suggests that information leaked…
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Top 10 Videos of Christmas 2013

In a world dominated by phones, tablets and small screens the on-demand of Christmas is by far the fastest growing form of entertainment at Christmas. A recent televised Christmas special variety show by Kelly Clarkson drew about 30 million…

Duck Dynasty Rocks the Charts

There is more than love behind those beards. There is money. The Robertsons of Duck Dynasty fame have risen to the top of the country charts with their Christmas album Duck the Halls. They sold 70,000 in their first week. Now, three weeks…

Heart to Release Two Christmas Tunes

The resurgence of top 80s artists with Christmas material continues: now Heart is jumping into the fray with TWO new singles, which you can hear below. The first track features Nancy Wilson crooning with fellow 80s pop icon Richard Marx, who…

Foghat Rocks Winter Wonderland

Foghat has been around as long as we can remember and they continue to churn out classic stuff in an era where new artists merely auto-tune what is old. This week they released their first Christmas tune and only their 2nd instrumental. It’s…

Duck Dynasty Christmas: Better than You Think

A preview of sorts for the Duck Dynasty Christmas album — the most scoffed of the anticipated Christmas albums to debut in 2013. But hold your water — this might not be too bad. Take a look: Performing on the Christmas record are Missy,…

The 12 Days of Christmas

By Donna Wahlstrom In the 16th century an unknown author wrote a song that has since become an the all-time Christmas carol favorite, "The 12 Days of Christmas." Even though the song's author has not been revealed there is speculation that…
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Handel’s Messiah

By Jeff Westover On August 22, 1741 George Frideric Handel sat down and began to compose music to Biblical texts compiled by his friend Charles Jennens. Handel was, by all accounts of the time, a typical creative eccentric. Known for varied…