Do you know what bobtails and wassailing are? We have experts explain the meaning of those weird Christmas carol lyrics. Many of our most popular holiday songs are from the 19th century, when ...

What makes a Christmas carol a Christmas carol? What's a hymn? What makes them different to popular songs? We're going to answer those questions in this handy guide to Christmas carols, hymns and ...

From the joyful triumph of ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ to the pure poetry of ‘Good King Wenceslas’, here are the lyrics to 20 of the greatest Christmas carols ever written. Even though we sing Christmas ...

Winter has set in and so has the cheerful and joyous Christmas spirit. Everywhere people are busy trying to find recipes for cake and other Christmas goodies. Retailers are busy trying to woo shoppers ...

The carol didn’t become widely popular until the 20th century, when Richard Runciman Terry arranged it in the 1930s. A more ...

It's coming up to the time of year when everyone pledges to get festive, so you can now, without any guilt, start feeling all Christmassy. But how much of a Christmas expert are you? How well do you ...

The well-known Christmas carol, “Carol of the Bells,” has quite a remarkable history. It’s difficult to believe that a Christmas carol with such a joyous tone originated more than a century ago in ...

Christian leaders and musicians in nine countries and territories share their favorite Western and local holiday tunes. Christmas songs featuring Jesus don’t top the global charts, as a recent CT ...

It’s Christmas Eve, 1914. World War I has been raging for several months. German soldiers and their British counterparts camped in France are huddled in their muddy trenches. Suddenly the German side ...

Whether it’s feasts, snacks, or treats, food is an extremely important part of the holiday season. It’s so prominent that many foods and drinks are mentioned in the lyrics to some seasonal songs. (Or, ...

Concertgoers filled Carnegie Hall on a rainy Thursday in October 1922 for a 35-piece performance by the Ukrainian National Choir. It was the first stop on an American tour to promote Ukrainian culture ...

Christmas music has a rich tradition, often drawing from a variety of artists and genres to bring holiday cheer. While the term Christmas songs refers to a broad genre, a variety of legendary artists ...