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Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas

Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas

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The songs that you've sung since you were a child continue to bring Christmas to life each year, and "Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas" reveals the surprising and fascinating origins of over thirty of your favorite Christmas songs and carols. Discover how iconic artists were influenced and inspired to record instant classics, how God-inspired words were given to an unlikely musician, and how one of the oldest Christmas songs still sung today changed from a hymn sung in Latin only in Catholic masses to a carol embraced by every Christian denomination in the world. These stories will warm your heart and bring extra significance to the carols you sing each December.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 29 October 2020
Publisher: Zondervan

Enrich your holiday celebrations as you discover the incredible stories and the inspiration behind the Christmas songs you know and love. Jingle Bells, Mary Did You Know, The First Noel, O Holy Night, Silver Bells, and White Christmas are just a few of the beloved Christmas songs that have been sung for generations. But have you ever wondered about the stories behind these songs? Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas reveals the surprising and fascinating origins of over thirty of your favorite Christmas songs and carols, both secular and religious. Along the way, you will uncover spiritual insights, heartwarming stories, and tales of the humble men and women of the past who wrote what remain the most beloved Christmas songs today. Iconic artists such as Judy Garland and Nat King Cole were influenced and inspired to record instant classics like Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and The Christmas Song. God-inspired words given to an unlikely musician became Mary, Did You Know? One of the oldest Christmas songs still sung today, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, changed from a hymn sung in Latin only in Catholic masses to a carol embraced by every Christian denomination in the world. From the rollicking appeal of Jingle Bells to the tranquil beauty of Silent Night, the great songs of Christmas contain messages of peace, hope, and truth. Each song in its own way expresses a facet of Gods heart and celebrates the birth of his greatest gift to the world—Jesus. These stories will warm your heart and bring extra significance to the carols you sing each December.

Weight: 238g
Dimension: 131 x 188 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780310115908

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