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.

Christmas in Killarney
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Best New Christmas Music: Christmas in Killarney by Rend Collective

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…
What Child is This
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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…
Christmas Highway
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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…
All I Want for Christmas is a Rock Show
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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,…
Christmas Time is Here
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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…
Carol of the Bells
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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…
Black Violin
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Best New Christmas Music: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Black Violin

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…
Hello Christmas
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Best of New Christmas Music: Hello Christmas by Dion and Amy Grant

The year 2020 is bringing out the best in a lot of artists most of whom are, like the rest of us, having to work a little differently. Dion found a way to get together with Amy Grant (who has done a lot of Christmas collaborations the past few…
This Holy Night
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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…
Cold Hard Cash for Christmas
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Best New Christmas Music 2020: Cold Hard Cash for Christmas By Home Free

Cold Hard Cash for Christmas may seen like a germy thing of the past. But for the boys of Home Free, it's what is wanted for Christmas: Home Free is at their best when they two things: not taking themselves too seriously and leaning on…
Angels We Have Heard on High
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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…
Covid Christmas
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Best of New Christmas Music 2020: Covid Christmas by Dara Schindelka

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…
Satoshi Gogo
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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…
Die Hard Christmas Movie
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Yippee Ki Yay and Merry Christmas

Yippe Ki Yay and Merry Christmas. Die Hard is back. It is a Christmas movie. I knew it! Mommy told me if things don't turn out just the way you want them to the first time, you've still got to believe. (Ok, that's from a different movie but…
The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
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The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot

Famed British singer Vera Lynn has passed away at the age of 103. While she was famous for many things Dame Vera Lynn made some Christmas music history by introducing The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot in 1937. It could well go down…