Pumpkin Spice Season
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Pumpkin Spice Season Has Begun

Pumpkin spice season is officially upon us. The media blitz has begun. They have announced that Starbucks will begin selling the granddaddy of all pumpkin spice products, the Pumpkin Spice Latte, on August 22,, 2024. Not to be outdone, and…
Bob Newhart Christmas
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Remembering Bob Newhart and Christmas

To modern audiences Bob Newhart was Papa Elf. He passed away recently at the age of 94. But for anyone who has followed comedy Bob Newhart has been a steady name for more than 60 years. In 1959 Newhart was just 30 years old, working as…
When You have Lost Your Jingle
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When You Have Lost Your Jingle

Jeff, where have you been? Boy, is that a loaded question. For the better part of three years things have lagged a bit on MyMerryChristmas. That's my fault. I've been aware of it the entire time. Hardly a month has passed where I'd make…
Christmas Card Exchange
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20th Annual Christmas Card Exchange

The 20th Annual Christmas Card Exchange at MyMerryChristmas is now open for sign-ups. This is our most popular Christmas event of the year. Imagine it: right after Thanksgiving your postman begins a daily trek to your mailbox. At first,…
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Lucy Thomas

Songwriters Hugh Martin and Ralph Blaine wrote the classic song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" for Judy Garland's 1944 movie, Meet Me in St. Louis. It has been covered by literally thousands of artists over the decades. It was just…
O Holy Night
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O Holy Night

The Tabernacle Choir has published an all new arrangement of O Holy Night: This arrangement hails from their 2021 Christmas concert, a performance with limited access by the public and one that will not be shared on PBS until later in…
Thanks Giver
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Thanks Giver by Crowder

The world has too few songs of Thanksgiving. Christian group Crowder addresses that this year with this new song titled "Thanks Giver": “Praise The One who’s making a saint out of this sinner, The One who’s turned me into this thanks…
Christmas Past
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Celebrating Christmas Past

Christmas past is more than just history. Christmas past is a combination of the stuff of love. That is why we keep going back to Christmas of yore. We love love. Christmas past is also the title of a new book by podcaster Brian Earl, host…
Carol of the Bells
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Carol of the Bells by BYU Vocal Point and Mat & Savannah Shaw

Carol of the Bells, a song never intended to be a Christmas staple, is mashed up with another not-exactly-a-Christmas-song titled Wayfaring Stranger, in a collaboration of BYU Vocal Point with the sensational father/daughter duo of Mat and Savannah…
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Best of Christmas Podcasts 2022

We are pleased to announce our 2nd Annual Best of Christmas Podcast winners. Just as we did for the Best of Christmas Podcasts 2021, we surveyed podcast listeners and Christmas fans by the thousands from around the world - both online and offline. For…
Come Home for Christmas
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Come Home for Christmas by Matthew West

Matthew West is known and unknown - and his works of Christmas speak to all. We have come to really appreciate his steady stream of new, original Christmas music. This year he will expand his reach through an arrangement with Great American…
Christmas in July
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Leon Day: Gateway to Christmas in July

Today marks the halfway point to Christmas - a kind of merry hump day known as Leon Day. "Leon" is Noel spelled backwards, a clever little moniker first noted in the Christmas community online way back in the 1990s. Leon Day is also the gateway…