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The Mysteries of 'The 12 Days of Christmas'

No one is quite sure what the most rewritable vacation song means.

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The Ambrosial Grandiosity of 'O Come up All Ye True-blue'

Nosotros're talking expansive admiration, non cute-puppy adorable.

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'Jingle Bells': A Racy Drinking Vocal (for Thanksgiving)

On the uncertain history of the first song to be circulate from infinite

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The Cosmopolitan Genius of 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing'

The song, ane of the "Great 4" Anglican hymns, now has a life exterior the church building.

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'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas': An Ode to Seasonal Melancholy

The song popularized by Judy Garland in Run across Me in St. Louis captures the bloodshot nostalgia many experience around this time of year.

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'Christmas Time Is Hither': A Hymn for the Ages

The 50-year-quondam song from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is hither to stay.

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The Quiet Universality of 'Silent Night'

The song'due south message of peace helped bring about the Christmas truce during Earth War I.

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'Mele Kalikimaka': A Holiday Humblebrag

Who needs snowfall when you can take palm trees?

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'Sussex Carol': A Reminder of Christmas Music's Local Roots

Earlier technology allowed songs to play all over the globe, they were distinct from place to place.

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The Glorious Bitterness of 'Terminal Christmas'

Breakups tin can happen someday. Only holiday breakups are special.

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'In the Dour Midwinter': A Literary Christmas Ballad

The lyrics, written by Christina Rossetti and fix to music by Gustav Holst, imagine a child being born in a desolate climate.

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'O Holy Nighttime': A Call to Fall to Your Knees

The Christmas carol's amuse is in its humility.

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'Joy to the Globe' Isn't a Christmas Song

The song is synonymous with the holiday, merely it wasn't originally written that style.

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The Ironic Intensity of 'Carol of the Bells'

Originally a Ukrainian folk dirge almost bound, the Christmas song reached its zenith with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's electrical guitar-infused adaptation.

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'Feliz Navidad': How Jose Feliciano Won America'south Eye

The Puerto Rican musician wrote the lyrics of his Christmas classic in English to ensure American radio stations would play information technology.

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The Apocalyptic Fear in 'Do You Hear What I Hear'

It's the nascency story, retold during the Cold War.

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'Let It Snow': How to Quench Vacation Ardor

The classic is the most K-rated entry in the 'Yule log and chill' genre, with the exception of 1 notable embrace.

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'O Piddling Town of Bethlehem,' From Both Sides of the Atlantic

Even though it has the same words, the carol's tune is different in Uk and in the U.S.

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'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer': Superhero

The eponymous outcast is an archetype unto himself.

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The Loftier Spiritual Stakes of 'God Residue Ye Merry Gentlemen'

Satan's power has led mankind astray, and Annie Lennox, Barenaked Ladies, and 98 Degrees are here to remind u.s.a. of that fact.