- The Christmas Song – Roasting chestnuts, Jack Frost nipping at your nose. Immortalized by Nat King Cole, it was originally written by Mel Torme in the 1940s. Mel wrote the song one hot summer in an effort to “cool off.”
- Jingle Bells – Revving your horses, body tense, waiting for the flag to drop, hoping your sled was as fast as it's new racing stripes suggested. What? Jingle Bells was actually written about sled races, not Christmas. In the olden days of drag racing…er…I mean sled racing, they tricked out the sleighs just like we trick out cars today. Written by James Pierpont a rogue who lived fast and raced hard.
- Silent Night – Arguably one of the world's best known Christmas carols, there's a few variations to the origins of this song composed by the organist Franz Gruber in 1818. A troupe of performers was traveling to towns in the Austrian Alps. In one of the towns they performed in a house instead of the church because the church's organ had a mouse problem. One of the ministers was so moved by their performance that he wrote a carol for the church's Christmas Eve service. He approached Franz Gruber and asked if he would write guitar music for the words. However the church's organ was repaired in time for the service and Gruber sat down and played an unforgettable melody for the words.
- The Twelve Days of Christmas – Spoofed many times over, this fun song is great to sing and play games with. The only thing known for certain about its true origin is that it's English. The fourth day was originally Colley bird, another name for blackbirds, and not calling birds as it is now.
- The First Noel – Noel means Christmas in French. This song speaks of the events that are chronicled in the Bible surrounding the birth of Jesus.
The power of song is amazing, with the ability to conjure up memories of special events. Is there a story behind your favorite Christmas song?
P.S. Enjoy the Christmas music, movies and more with the Onkyo TX-SR876 7.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver
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