Also WBUR editor Sara Shukla shares an appreciation of "The Muppet Christmas Carol," and reflects on why it's especially significant to her this year.

Not everyone will have noticed, but the strains of carol singing were heard less this past Christmas than in previous years.

Ring in the festive season with this soothing mix of timeless Christmas carols. Featuring old favourites including Silent Night, Hark the Herald, and O Come all Ye Faithful, and other classics ...

Singing carols is a way for believers to proclaim the good news of Christ’s birth and to connect deeply with the spiritual message of Christmas. For example, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing ...

Many of the Christmas carols we sing today have nothing to do with Christmas at all ... In others the ships are sailing up the English Channel - sometimes with Jesus and Mary as passengers and ...

Many of the Christmas carols we sing today have ... Mary as passengers and sometimes the Archangel Michael. Hark the Herald Angels Sing is sung to a tune by Mendelssohn, who specifically told ...

However, in the final carol, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, the princess appeared visibly ... and 15 regional community services. Kate said: 'Christmas is one of my favourite times of the year ...

The Listeso String Quartet performs seasonal selections illuminated by hundreds (if not thousands) of candles for a Candlelight Christmas ... of carols ("Hark the Herald Angels Sing," "The First ...

It is always important to give credit to songwriters but it is almost a certainty that we will never find out who did Away in a Manger. But no matter. Whoever he was deserves a huge thank you for ...