Charles King's new book "Every Valley" tells the backstory of "Messiah," a staple of the Christmas season widely considered George Frideric Handel's masterpiece. Then, musicologist Martin Clarke ...

While Christmas carols are sung in church, this hasn t always been the case The new book Deck the Hall by composer Andrew ...

Every holiday, we embrace 'A Christmas Carol.' But some of Charles Dickens' other Christmas books were even more popular in ...

Is Christmas really the saddest day of the year? There’s a whole history of holiday music that explores what it’s like to be ...

The first time America heard the haunting melody was 1922, in Carnegie Hall, when the Ukrainian National Chorus was singing a global plea for independence after World War I.

Doreese Severe was 55 years old when the thought first occurred to her, “I wonder if Santa has a Christmas stocking. And if ...

Some of the oldest Christmas carols were the pop songs of the Victorian age ... pocket sized and with hand-coloured ...

And if so, who fills it?” After having the thought, a melody and words came to mind, and it wasn’t long before she had a ...

The countdown to Christmas is on! If you are looking for fun, free printables that are Christmas-themed, we've got a huge pile ready for your kids (or you) to enjoy.

Even though Dickens might not have ‘invented Christmas,’ he deserves his due for reimagining the Christmas spirit.

For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its  mighty Founder was a child himself.” — Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. I’ve been reveling once again in the ...