One of my favorite Christmas carols is the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” set to music. In his poem, Longfellow captured the despair and the hope of a world ...

The winter in 1863 was especially cold and bitter in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was also the darkest of days for 56 year-old Henry. In the midst of the American Civil War, the nation wasn’t just ...

Many of us sing Christmas songs without giving a second thought to the lyrics. But for those who are paying attention, there are some pretty ancient terms mixed in with all of the fa-la-la-ing. Here ...

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Few people can think about “Christmas bells” without humming along to the classic carol. However, the original poem the carol is based on has verses directly about the American Civil War that have ...

The online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica describes music as an ever-changing and evolving artform that “lends itself easily to alliances with words, as in song, and with physical movement, as ...

There's no doubting Sofia Vergara's holiday spirit—but she may want to brush up on her Christmas carols! In this video from Modern Family's holiday party, Vergara passes out gifts while loudly singing ...

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Christmas time is here and 21 Savage is fully engulfed in holiday cheer, even if he doesn't know all the words to classic X-Mas carols. On Monday night (Dec. 24), the Atlanta rapper posted a video of ...

When you hear the word Christmas, what do you think of? Children? The Nativity? Family around the dinner table? Or maybe it’s stress? Bills? Endless parties? Way too many cookies? Wally Calderon, ...