Christmas Music
Oct 28 2025
Christmas in Spain has its own unmistakable soundtrack. Alongside church bells, family gatherings, bustling Christmas markets, and the excitement of Three Kings Day, you’ll hear villancicos—traditional Christmas songs that have been part of Spanish holiday celebrations for generations. Some are gentle songs about the Nativity. Others are lively, rhythmic tunes made for clapping, dancing, and …
Sep 06 2025
Christmas music has a remarkable way of bringing the past into the present. A few familiar notes can instantly summon memories of candlelight services, snowy evenings, childhood Christmas programs, family gatherings, and voices singing together around a piano. Many of the Christmas carols we know today are far older than the recordings that made them …
Dec 18 2024
Christmas music has a special way of making the classroom feel a little more magical. Whether students are finishing a holiday craft, working quietly on a December assignment, celebrating at a classroom party, or counting down the last few days before winter break, the right playlist can instantly add some festive cheer. This classroom Christmas …
Dec 15 2024
There is something about Christmas music that can change the mood of a room almost instantly. A few sleigh bells, a familiar piano introduction, or the opening notes of a song you have heard every December since childhood can make it suddenly feel like Christmas. The perfect holiday playlist needs a little bit of everything. …
Dec 03 2024
Christmas music does not always need lyrics to create that unmistakable holiday feeling. Sometimes a piano playing “Silent Night,” a warm jazz trio drifting through “The Christmas Song,” or an electric guitar tearing into “Carol of the Bells” can say everything that needs to be said. Instrumental Christmas albums are especially wonderful because they can …
Feb 10 2024
Some Christmas songs sparkle with uncomplicated happiness. Others capture the quieter emotions of the season—nostalgia, loneliness, longing, and the wish that someone special could be there. Few songs combine both sides of Christmas as powerfully as “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” Darlene Love’s original 1963 recording sounds enormous: bells ring, backing singers surge, drums pound, …
Dec 22 2023
Christmas music has a peculiar kind of magic. A song can disappear from our lives for eleven months, then return in December and somehow feel as familiar as the ornaments we have hung on the tree since childhood. The opening notes of “White Christmas” can conjure an old-fashioned snowy street. “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” …
Dec 07 2023
Christmas carols have a remarkable ability to make familiar stories feel new again. A few notes of “Silent Night” can quiet a crowded room. The opening of “Joy to the World” seems to throw open the doors to celebration. “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” carries an entirely different feeling—one of waiting, longing, and hope that …
