Every year, when we approach the holiday season, Christmas music starts blasting in our ears, whether we like it or not. And that forms a kind of love-hate relationship between people and Christmas music. Yes, it’s fun listening to it, but at the same time, it gets tiring very easily when the same songs play over and over again anywhere you go. So, today we are looking at the best tweets that best describe how we probably all feel about the holiday season’s music.Image credits:RDNE Stock project (not the actual photo)This post may includeaffiliate links.
Every year, when we approach the holiday season, Christmas music starts blasting in our ears, whether we like it or not. And that forms a kind of love-hate relationship between people and Christmas music. Yes, it’s fun listening to it, but at the same time, it gets tiring very easily when the same songs play over and over again anywhere you go. So, today we are looking at the best tweets that best describe how we probably all feel about the holiday season’s music.
Image credits:RDNE Stock project (not the actual photo)
This post may includeaffiliate links.
Christmas music often iscategorizedinto three types: carols, classical music, and modern songs.Carols are the oldest type of Christmas music, dating back as far as the 12th century in Europe. Classics we all know, such as “Silent Night” and “O Christmas Tree”, have German origins.Also, although it might seem that carols have religious origins, in reality, it is a misconception. Instead, they were folk songs and hymns, which celebrated the winter season. Some of them had dances meant for them. Even the word “carol” actually means to dance in a ring.Additionally, back in the 17th and 18th centuries, some folklorists collected all of the carols being sung around England and published them in songbooks. And that popularized carols even more, to the extent that they reached our days.Some examples ofthe most popularChristmas carols that a lot of people know today are “Deck The Halls”, “The First Noel” and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”
Christmas music often iscategorizedinto three types: carols, classical music, and modern songs.
Carols are the oldest type of Christmas music, dating back as far as the 12th century in Europe. Classics we all know, such as “Silent Night” and “O Christmas Tree”, have German origins.
Also, although it might seem that carols have religious origins, in reality, it is a misconception. Instead, they were folk songs and hymns, which celebrated the winter season. Some of them had dances meant for them. Even the word “carol” actually means to dance in a ring.
Additionally, back in the 17th and 18th centuries, some folklorists collected all of the carols being sung around England and published them in songbooks. And that popularized carols even more, to the extent that they reached our days.
Some examples ofthe most popularChristmas carols that a lot of people know today are “Deck The Halls”, “The First Noel” and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”
Like the carols, some classical Christmas music is also rooted in local traditions. For example, Mykola Leontovych took quite a lot of inspiration from a Ukrainian folk chant while writing “Carol of the Bells.”
Listening to classical Christmas music has even become a tradition in certain countries, where they go to listen to symphony orchestras playing these songs.
Between the 1930s and 1950s, Christmas music experienced its own renaissance. During this period, songs started focusing on more commercial or just non-religious aspects of Christmas, like Santa, the Christmas tree, and snowmen. And that’s how modern Christmas music came to be.
Nearly 100 years after the Christmas music renaissance started, these songs remain extremely popular. For example, the song written back in 1934 and called “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” is the most played song of the past 50 years.
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