’Tis the season to sing cheerfully about infant slaughter. Many of our beloved Christmas carols contain lyrics that, when examined closely, reveal surprisingly dark, violent, or just heavy content ...

Choirs sing music, writes Oxford professor Andrew Gant in "The Carols of Christmas," while everyone else sings carols. These holiday songs are part participation sport, part time machine and ...

It’s the most melodious time of the year. Even if you’re not religious, many people enjoy soaking up the blessed sounds of Christmas hymns and carols during the December holidays and beyond. While ...

Whether it’s feasts, snacks, or treats, food is an extremely important part of the holiday season. It’s so prominent that many foods and drinks are mentioned in the lyrics to some seasonal songs. (Or, ...

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Christmas carol “O Holy Night” ranked first in a list of hymns most played in December at Christian churches in the United States. “O Come All Ye Faithful” and “Silent Night” ...

There is nothing quite like Christmas in Puerto Rico. The teeny tiny Caribbean island is known for having the longest holiday season in the entire world, which lasts from the end of November all the ...

(RNS) — Mary, did you know … how that perennially divisive song got made about you? Many people don’t know the stories behind their favorite Christmas carols, it turns out. That’s where “Hark! The ...