Why is Christmas music from the 1940s and 1950s so popular?
Christmas music means many things.
Globalised Christmas and Seasonal Hotspots
Something interesting has happened in the past year when searching for almost any Christmas standard on a streaming platform.
Tidings of comfort and joy
It’s late november, and darkness has fallen over my home in Stockholm.
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
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.
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
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
How Christmas records took over the world
Christmas records have a special place in the history of recorded music.