During the Christmas holidays, music and Christmas songs are popular worldwide. From traditional holiday carols or songs to instrumental versions and related movie themes, music is a part of the holiday season celebrations.
The music of Christmas has an important role and during the holiday season other forms of popular music temporarily disappear from radios, background music heard in stores, public transportation systems and other public venues.
The Christmas music creates positive emotions and a celebration mood to the people. Also, its a very effective marketing tool for more sales.
The Popular Christmas Music
Christmas music has been adapted by musical artists and performers who re-record classic types of music with their own personal style. Perhaps a reason for adaptations of popular Christmas music is that most other genres of popular music are not commonly broadcast or played during the holiday season, so pop, rock, and other genre musicians perform their own versions of Xmas music to keep up their own “air time” and popularity with the general public.
Popular, contemporary musicians also be want to take advantage of Christmas music’s popularity. It is now a regular trend for popular music performers to release new Christmas holiday music albums during the season.
Variety is the spice of life, as they say, which typically means that there are new editions of classical or traditional and popular renditions of Xmas music each holiday season.
Christmas music is used to create a holiday mood. Seasonal music helps to promote the holiday feeling or spirit that pervades everywhere and almost everyone. Each of us has our own Christmas holiday favorites when it comes to music.
Some like traditional holiday carols. Others like the instrumental versions of holiday music, while there are those who look forward to new releases of holiday favorites my music artists each year. Christmas songs and carols often bring back special memories of past holiday seasons.
Popular Christmas Songs
A popular Christmas song is “White Christmas” (both Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra had popular versions) which strangely, is popular even in tropical climates like those in Latin America, where people dream of a “white Christmas” even though it never snows where they live.
Also, there are many popular Christmas songs from bands and artists like U2, Chris Rea, George Michael, Mariah Carey, etc. By the way, all the music artists want to create a big Christmas hit!
Nat King Cole
One popular music favorite of note is jazz pianist and pop singer Nat King Cole. He was a top-rated musician of the 1940s, 50s and early 1960s. Although not categorized as holiday music per se, it has become a holiday music tradition in many countries, even non-English speaking ones.
Relax and enjoy the music of the Christmas holiday season. You’ll hear these songs only during this special time of the year.
Smile, dance and celebrate! Give Hugs and Forgive! That’s Christmas!