18 Facts About Christmas music

Performances of Christmas music at public concerts, in churches, at shopping malls, on city streets, and in private gatherings is an integral staple of the Christmas holiday in many cultures across the world.

Music associated with Christmas is thought to have its origins in 4th-century Rome, in Latin-language hymns such as Veni redemptor gentium.

Music in itself soon became one of the greatest tributes to Christmas, and Christmas music includes some of the noblest compositions of the great musicians.

Victorian Era saw a surge of Christmas music carols associated with a renewed admiration of the holiday, including "Silent Night", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", and "O Holy Night".

The first Christmas music songs associated with Saint Nicholas or other gift-bringers came during 19th century, including "Up on the Housetop" and "Jolly Old St Nicholas".

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Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas music Oratorio, written for Christmas music 1734, describes the birth of Jesus, the annunciation to the shepherds, the adoration of the shepherds, the circumcision and naming of Jesus, the journey of the Magi, and the adoration of the Magi.

One of the earliest collections of printed Christmas music was Piae Cantiones, a Finnish songbook first published in 1582 which contained a number of songs that have survived today as well-known Christmas carols.

Since the mid-1950s, much of the Christmas music produced for popular audiences has explicitly romantic overtones, only using Christmas as a setting.

Exceptions such as "The Christmas Shoes" have re-introduced Christian themes as complementary to the secular Western themes, and myriad traditional carol cover versions by various artists have explored virtually all music genres.

Part of the wonder of Christmas music is how it helps us continue to create real memories and traditions.

Carey's "All I Want for Christmas music Is You", co-written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, was No 1 on Billboard's Holiday Digital Songs chart in December 2013.

Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas music is You" was declared "the UK's favourite Christmas music song", narrowly beating out "Fairytale of New York" according to a "points system" created by The Independent in 2017.

The Beatles annually between 1963 and 1965, the Spice Girls between 1996 and 1998, and LadBaby between 2018 and 2021 (all four of LadBaby's Christmas music number-ones were parodies of other popular songs that included a running gag mentioning sausage rolls).

Australians generally spend Christmas music outdoors, going to the beach for the day, or heading to campgrounds for a vacation.

Blandfordia nobilis, known as Christmas Bells, are the specific subject of the song—with the original sheet music bearing a depiction of the blossom.

Arbitron reported in 2011 that it was not uncommon for a station's average audience to double after switching to Christmas music, citing several large-market stations in 2010 such as Boston's WODS, Los Angeles's KOST, New York's WLTW, and San Diego's KYXY.

However, the transition itself can still occur before the end of the holiday season, such as the sudden transition of country station KMPS in Seattle to soft adult contemporary KSWD, after briefly playing an all-Christmas music format following the merger of CBS Radio and Entercom.

Since the early 2010s, a number of Christmas music stations have broadcast on national and local digital platforms in the United Kingdom, with some being carried on the FM band.