Santa Claus hands out presents to children in the 1940s.

Why is Christmas music from the 1940s and 1950s so popular?

Christmas music means many things.

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Maryknoll Normal College exhibition of Christmas trees, Manila, Philippines, 1930s, University of Southern California Library

Globalised Christmas and Seasonal Hotspots

Something interesting has happened in the past year when searching for almost any Christmas standard on a streaming platform.

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Tidings of comfort and joy

It’s late november, and darkness has fallen over my home in Stockholm.

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This Time of Year

Time is the greatest decorator Paint those mean things Red and green things And hang them on the tree June Christy – from “Hang Them on the Tree” This old Chri

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A song to mark the end of the season

A traditional mid-century Julgransplundring – a period when the tradition was at its absolute height. A key feature are the children in colourful hats.

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The Top 10 Christmas Albums of 2016

Every year, besides our regular steady stream of classic records, we make a conscious effort to wade thought those thousands of hopeful releases that flood over us every new season

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Dust off the fairy lights, warm up the toddy; Christmas time is here again

When does Christmas actually begin? You may remember, back as we started a new year and the last embers of the Christmas fire smoldered in the fireplace, that we’ve already a

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Saint Canute’s Day, A Traditional End of Christmas, and Our Seasonal End As Well

When does Christmas actually end? For a lot of commercial Christmas radio stations, the end of the Christmas period is as early as the evening of Christmas day! While people are pl

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The Top 10 Christmas Albums of 2015

Every year, thousands of completely different Christmas albums are released around the world, vying for the attention of us listeners in the hope of being memorable.

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How Christmas records took over the world

Christmas records have a special place in the history of recorded music.

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