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.

Matt Maher
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Best of New Christmas Music from Matt Maher

How many ways can Jingle Bells be interpreted? As long as it is fun, who cares? And that's exactly what we get from Matt Maher this year from his album The Advent of Christmas. This version is infectious and capable of endless replay: i…
The Cooter Boys Christmas
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Best New Christmas Music from The Cooter Boys

I'm sitting here very early in the morning of Black Friday doing what I'm always doing the day after Thanksgiving: working on Christmas. In those dark, still, productive moments a notification pops up telling me I've got mail. Who could that…
Phil Vassar Lonestar
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Best New Christmas Music from Phil Vassar and Lonestar

Phil Vassar has given us some memorable Christmas stuff over the years. This year he pairs with Lonestar for a catchy, singable tune called Not So Silent Night -- a song all about getting in the spirit of the season. We can get behind that! As…
The Family Tree
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Best New Christmas Music from Caleb and Kelsey

Today is the single biggest selling day for Christmas trees of the entire year. Thanksgiving weekend is filled with a great many traditions that get a lot of notice: the turkey, football and Black Friday just being the most talked about. But…
Best New Christmas Music
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Best of New Christmas Music 2018

We have to smile each year as we count the many radio stations claiming to be the first who switch to all Christmas music. Or for those stations who pop up on cable, satellite, and associated websites claiming to be the end-all-be-all of Christmas…
Gentri

Best New Christmas Music from Gentri

Gentri brings forth the most upbeat version of Little Drummer Boy you are bound to ever hear in this single from their Finding Christmas album. The video feels good and sends a powerful message of #LighttheWorld. Worth a watch and a listen…
Christmas Love
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Lessons of Christmas Love

Earlier this year we celebrated the 200th anniversary of Silent Night. With little fanfare and quiet storytelling yet another version of Silent Night is given to us via this touching new video: The Tabernacle Choir has made it something of…
Scary and Merry
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Scary and Merry from Pentatonix

Scary and merry is the theme of the first single to drop from the newest Christmas album coming out soon from Pentatonix. "Making Christmas" is a brilliant theme from the now classic film Nightmare Before Christmas. Coincidentally, that movie…
Dick Van Dyke

The Very Merry Dick Van Dyke

We have known for decades that Dick Van Dyke is a merry soul who can sing. But we have long lacked the great Hollywood Christmas musical or even Christmas music of Dick Van Dyke. We can't say that any more. Now 92 and soon to be seen in screen…
The Piano Guys

88 Keys + 500,000 Lights + Three Ships = Christmas

Jon Schmidt of The Piano Guys replays an old favorite from a long ago solo-album and gives it a fresh spin with, oh, half a million Christmas lights. Take a look and a listen: I Saw Three Ships is an old English carol that makes almost no…
We Three Kings
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We Three Kings

We Three Kings purports to tell the story of the Magi -- perhaps one of the least understood elements of the Nativity Story. While scripture is short on detail of exactly who the Magi were that does not mean the imagination does not run wild…
Porky Pig Blue Christmas
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The Story of Porky Pig, Blue Christmas and a Dude Named Seymour Swine

For many years we have been asked for the back story of Porky Pig's Blue Christmas. In case you haven't seen this masterpiece, here it is: Editor's Disclaimer: It seems that no matter what we post we receive contrary opinions and plenty of…
O Holy Night
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O Holy Incredible

We have discussed the classic Christmas song O Holy Night before. We rarely feature it because it represents one of the most difficult of all Christmas songs to sing. It remains beyond the range of many contemporary artists. But what happens…
Silent Night
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Silent Night by Home Free

Silent Night is a simple song. It tells a simple story. It features a simple tune. It offers simple harmonies. That is why so many modern versions of Silent Night drive me crazy. It is just so often very over done (Look up Beyonce on YouTube…