Christmas songs are as diverse and varied as the individuals that listen to them. The number of Christmas songs recorded over the years is staggering. More than any other holiday during the year, Christmas definitely has the most songs.
As soon as thanksgiving is over, radio stations across the country start playing the Christmas classics along with new ones. You realize just how many Christmas songs there are, when you can listen to one radio station for days and not hear any Christmas carols and songs repeated.
There are wonderful classic Christmas songs that many people grew up hearing and still listen to today because they are timeless. Here are some interesting facts you probably never knew about the top holiday songs:
* The Christmas songs "Winter Wonderland" and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" were both recorded in 1934.
* St Francis of Assisi was who introduced Christmas carols to the church's formal services.
* The most recorded Christmas song is "White Christmas." There are over 500 recordings of this song in many different languages. Bing Crosby's version of "White Christmas" is the biggest selling single of all time.
* "Sleigh Ride" was an instrumental piece played in 1948 at the Symphony Hall in Boston. The lyrics were added in 1949 by Mitchell Parish.
* Three Christmas songs that were introduced in movies were "White Christmas" in the motion picture "Holiday Inn" in 1942, "Silver Bells" in the motion picture "The Lemon Drop Kid" in 1950 and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from "Meet Me in St. Louis" in 1944.
* Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas songs in England from 1649 to 1660 because he though Christmas should be a solemn day.
* On Christmas Eve at midnight in 1914, the Germans stopped firing from the trenches. The German brass band played Christmas songs. The allied soldiers and German soldiers shook hands early Christmas day, and the truce lasted a couple of days. They sang Christmas songs, exchanged cigarettes as presents and even played soccer.
Every year we hear new Christmas songs along with the old Christmas carol songs that we love no matter how often we hear them played. Driving in the car or listening to Christmas carol songs on the radio makes us reach over, turn the Christmas carol songs up and sing along.
As children, many of us can remember going door to door in the snow singing Christmas carols and songs. We know the words to "Jingle Bells," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and "Silver Bells." Children today still sing these Christmas songs at their school concerts. On Christmas Eve, you hear beautiful Christmas songs such as "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and "Joy to the World."
The wonderful thing about Christmas songs music is that we never tire of listening to them.
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