Tag: Christmas
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Yes, you can probably imagine Jerry Seinfeld’s voice asking this question. And I’ve dated myself, which is totally fine. But why is Christmas the only season that gets music and no other season particularly does? It’s a fair question to ask. And the answer is simple, yet complex. Diving into history, Christmas music originated…
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George Friedrich Handel wrote two pieces that are sung so often this season and are beloved, but….weren’t intended as Christmas music. The first one is the hymn “Joy to the World”. Handel didn’t write the words, the great hymnwriter Isaac Watts did. But the hymn doesn’t mention the birth of Jesus specifically, Christmas, or any…