7 Christmas Pieces YOU should Listen to this Week

Hello everyone! I have been negligent towards my posting responsibilities in the last week. I will say that I was quite busy. Anyway, let's get into this week's weekly7, 7 Christmas Pieces YOU should Listen to this Week:

7. Angels We Have Heard On High

This is one of my favorite Christmas carols. I am especially fond of this arrangement by Andrea Bocelli. Either way, this carol moves in an exciting way and brings back memories from some of my earlier Christmases as a child (I don't know why, but it does). This is also one of the recordings I listened to frequently over this summer when I was trying to design my own Christmas carol (I will post that soon). Anyway, here is Andrea Bocelli's performance of Angels We Have Heard on High:

6. Holly Jolly Christmas

This is another one I remember from my childhood. It's funny, listening to this now (as an almost adult), I finally get the mistletoe line (I have noticed little things like that in many different movies and songs which I didn't notice as a kid). . . Anyway, here is Holly Jolly Christmas performed by Burl Ives (for the movie Rudolph):

5. Oh Come All Ye Faithful

This is another one of my favorites. I happen to know that it was written by John Francis Wade (from the article I wrote several years ago). This performance is from Christmas Eve at Westminster Abbey. Every year, my church choir performs this at their Christmas concerts, and every year, it sends a shiver to my spine. Here is Oh Come All Ye Faithful:

4. White Christmas

This is probably one of the more famous Christmas carols/movies amongst older people. It is another piece which I remember fondly from my childhood. Bing Crosby has a very nice voice, especially for this song. Sometimes I wonder why the fifty's style has vanished so much, you rarely hear music like this now a days. Anyway, here Bing Crosby's performance of White Christmas:

3. The First Noel

This Christmas carol is quite popular as well, though it does not hold as much sentimental value to me. However, the music is quite powerful as I have often noticed with many different Christmas carols. There is just something about Christmas music. Anyway, here is The First Noel performed by Kings College in Cambridge:

2. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

This is another pretty popular Christmas song. It's funny, but the line "and mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again" didn't mean anything to me as a kid. Something else that's interesting is that the only reason why I know a lot of these artists is because of their Christmas music. Anyway, here is It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, performed by Perry Como:

1. For Unto Us A Child is Born

Handel's Messiah is something that I have blindly avoided all these years. I recently decided to give (some of) it a listen, and boy is it impressive. I think I might start a little Christmas series of analyses of the Messiah. Anyway, this piece is called For Unto A Child is Born, and it is remarkable. Here is For Unto Us A Child is Born performed by The English Concert and Choir:

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jacey.boldart (62) · 6 years ago

I enjoyed listening to your 7 Christmas selections. I love Christmas music of nearly every style.

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