Christmas music (English Wikipedia)

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australiantimes.co.uk

Lowry, Bryce (December 12, 2017). "10 greatest ever Australian Christmas songs". Australian Times. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

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bbc.co.uk

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"Pogues track wins Christmas poll". BBC News. December 16, 2004. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
"Pogues track wins Christmas poll". BBC News. December 16, 2004. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
"Fairytale still the festive pick". BBC News. December 15, 2005. Retrieved December 19, 2005.
"Rage win Christmas chart battle". BBC News. December 20, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2018.

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"When Christmas carols were banned". BBC. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
"Mariah Carey sued for copyright over 'All I want for Christmas is You'". BBC News. June 4, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.

billboard.com

"Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' Hits Hot 100's Top 10 for First Time, 'Perfect' Still No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
Donahue, Bill (November 1, 2023). "Mariah Carey Sued Again Over 'All I Want for Christmas is You' — By The Same Guy". Billboard. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
Sexton, Paul (December 23, 2011). "Military Wives & Italian Donkey in Race for U.K.'s No. 1 Christmas Single". Billboard. Retrieved December 25, 2011.

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"Must Be Santa". BMI Repertoire. Broadcast Music Incorporated. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2011.

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Heffer, Simon (2014). "3. A Search for a Style". Vaughan Williams. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571315482. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
Studwell, William E.; Jones, Dorothy E. (1998). Publishing Glad Tidings : Essays on Christmas Music. New York [u.a.]: Haworth Press. ISBN 9780789003980. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
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"Reviews of This Week's Singles". The Billboard. November 7, 1960. p. 46. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 3, 2011.

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universe.byu.edu

Burchett, Sarah: "13 things you didn’t know about your favorite Christmas songs," December 13, 2014, The Daily Universe, Brigham Young University, retrieved December 8, 2023

canada.com

"Radio station takes down the tree". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
"New station jingles all the way". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Postmedia. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.

chicagotribune.com

Rumore, Kori (November 1, 2022). "'A Holly Jolly Christmas' for WLIT: Here's why the Chicago station switches to a holiday format now". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

classical-music.com

"A Christmas special: 50 Greatest Carols". BBC Music Magazine. December 2008. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

classicfm.com

"Bach - Christmas Oratorio". Classic FM. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2019.

crlf.de

"140-Run!-Rudolph,-the-Red-Nosed-Reindeer-and-the-copyright-mystery". Retrieved April 1, 2022.

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Carvalho, Nirmala (December 18, 2016). "Christians beaten while caroling in western India". Crux. Retrieved January 1, 2023.

dailyreview.com.au

Anderson, Ben (December 23, 2016). "How To Make Gravy: Australia's only Christmas carol? Daily Review: Film, stage and music reviews, interviews and more". dailyreview.com.au. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

dailytelegraph.com.au

Lennon, Troy (December 18, 2017). "Songs that were never written for Christmas". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved December 20, 2017.

devonlive.com

Ball, Elliot (August 25, 2023). "Xmas radio station goes live in Devon". DevonLive. Retrieved September 1, 2023.

doi.org

Hebert, David; Kallio, Alexis Anja; Odendaal, Albi (2012). "NotSo Silent Night: Tradition, Transformation and Cultural Understandings of Christmas Music Events in Helsinki, Finland". Ethnomusicology Forum. 21 (3): 402–423. doi:10.1080/17411912.2012.721525. S2CID 143629912.

economist.com

"The rise and fall of Christmas music". The Economist. November 27, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2021.

edisonresearch.com

Ross, Sean (January 13, 2005). "What We Learned From Testing Christmas Music In 2004". Edison Research. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

forbes.com

"Cher Has Now Charted A No. 1 Hit In Seven Different Decades". Forbes. Retrieved January 5, 2024.

foxnews.com

Kurtz, Steve (December 21, 2017). "The Jewish composers who wrote your favorite Christmas songs". Fox News. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

ghostarchive.org

"Christopher Morris, musician - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2016.

hollywoodreporter.com

Bond, Paul (December 5, 2011). "Ka-Ching! How All-Christmas Music Doubles Radio's Ratings". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 24, 2017.

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Balke, Jeff (December 19, 2011). "Classic Christmas: The Perry Como Christmas Album". Houston Press Blog. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2013.

huffingtonpost.com

Sieczkowski, Cavan (November 17, 2014). "Kristen Bell's 'Text Me Merry Christmas' Is A New Kind of Holiday Tune". HuffPost. Retrieved December 12, 2014.

independent.co.uk

"Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' is officially the best festive song". The Independent. December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

insideradio.com

"November Blizzard: Christmas Flips Are Busting Out All Over The Dial". Insideradio.com. November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
"Christmas Remains King in Holiday 2017 Ratings". Insideradio.com. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
"'Tis the Season for Format Flips". Insideradio.com. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
"KMPS Christmas Flip Fuels Talk of Post-Holiday Changes". Insideradio.com. Retrieved May 9, 2018.

interfaithfamily.com

Bloom, Nate (December 2006). "The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs". InterfaithFamily. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
Bloom, Nate (December 2012). "The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs (2012)". InterfaithFamily. Retrieved December 23, 2013.

latimes.com

Lewis, Randy (December 24, 2009). "Bob Dylan joins long list of Jewish musicians performing Christmas music". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved December 24, 2017.

liverpoolecho.co.uk

Shennan, Paddy (December 13, 2011). "Will Christmas Number One hopes 'The W Factor' (The Wombles) or 'MW Factor' (The Military Wives) beat The X Factor?". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved August 23, 2012.

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"Messiah – London Handel Festival". Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.

macmillandictionary.com

"Macmillan English Dictionary Word Of The Week Archive – Christmas creep". March 20, 2007. Archived from the original on March 20, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2024.

mb.com.ph

Hicap, Jonathan. "Jose Mari Chan, Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' most streamed holiday artist, song in PH". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved December 23, 2023.

millenniumeffect.co.uk

Tribute Songs Archived June 10, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at The Millennium Effect.

mirror.co.uk

McCrum, Kirstie (December 24, 2017). "Best Christmas songs to get adults and children in the festive spirit". Mirror. Retrieved December 24, 2017.

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Slater, Joe; McAlister, Ward (1909). My little Christmas belle. Melbourne : published by A.M. Dinsdale by arrangement with Mr. Joe Slater.

nla.gov.au

Lavater, Louis. "The holly and the ivy [music] : Christmas carol". TROVE: National Library of Australia. Retrieved December 24, 2017.

nme.com

"UK's most popular Christmas song revealed". NME. December 6, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2011.

npr.org

Bergman, Ben (November 24, 2011). "On Commercial Radio, Christmas Is Coming Early". NPR: Heard on Morning Edition. Retrieved December 24, 2017.

nytimes.com

Sisario, Ben (October 30, 2014). "Radio Dusts Off Mistletoe, in October". The New York Times.

officialcharts.com

Griffiths, George (December 22, 2023). "Christmas Number 1 2023: Wham! make history as Last Christmas finally secures festive top spot for the first time". Official Charts.

pair.com

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"Carol Histories and Track List". pair.com. Retrieved December 18, 2011.

powergold.com

Ross, Sean (December 2, 2020). What I Learned from Scheduling Christmas Music. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

prsformusic.com

"Fairytale of New York most popular Christmas song". PRS for Music (Press release). December 14, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
"Survey Reveals White Christmas As Most Memorable Christmas Song: But Mariah Carey's Hit Most Played", PRS for Music, December 14, 2010, archived from the original on December 15, 2010, press release. See also the 2009 and 2008 lists. PRS did not publish a chart in 2011.
"PRS for Music". PRS for Music. December 5, 2009. Retrieved December 18, 2011.

psychologytoday.com

Moore, Kimberly (December 20, 2011). "A Brief History of Holiday Music: Crooners, Movies, and Novelty Songs". Psychology Today. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
Moore, Kimberly (November 29, 2011). "A Brief History of Holiday Music". Psychology Today. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
Moore, Kimberly (December 6, 2011). "A Brief History of Holiday Music: The 1800s and the Re-Invention of Christmas". Psychology Today. Retrieved October 22, 2017.

radioinfo.com

Insight: the All-Christmas music format phenomenon. RadioInfo.com. Retrieved December 3, 2012.

radioink.com

"WBEB Flips To Christmas Music". Radio Ink. November 16, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2018.

radioinsight.com

Venta, Lance (November 10, 2023). "iHeartMedia Launches Christmas Music On Over 85 Stations". Radio Insight. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
Venta, Lance (October 31, 2023). "No trick: WMXL becomes first all-Christmas station of 2023". Retrieved October 31, 2023.
"WWIZ Youngstown Begins Christmas Music Season". September 25, 2020.
Lucas, Rob (October 25, 2023). "Scheduling Christmas Music from a Different Perspective - RadioInsight". Radio Insight. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
"On The 125th Day Of Christmas Music, Why Is WJSR Still In Holiday Mode?". RadioInsight. February 15, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
"SummitMedia Makes Double Flip In Richmond". RadioInsight. March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
"WURV Comes Clean Over Christmas Stunt". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 5, 2021.

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Casal, Marj (September 26, 2017). "Why does Christmas in the Philippines start in September?". RAPPLER. Retrieved December 23, 2023.

rollingstone.com

Greene, Andy (December 16, 2010). "The Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 23, 2010.

rutgers.edu

Stetler, Carrie: "Christmas Song Classics: Why Some Tunes Endure," December 14, 2012, Rutgers Today, Rutgers University, retrieved December 8, 2023

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Hebert, David; Kallio, Alexis Anja; Odendaal, Albi (2012). "NotSo Silent Night: Tradition, Transformation and Cultural Understandings of Christmas Music Events in Helsinki, Finland". Ethnomusicology Forum. 21 (3): 402–423. doi:10.1080/17411912.2012.721525. S2CID 143629912.

sfgate.com

Lewis, Randy (December 26, 2009). "Jews among musicians with Christmas spirit". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 24, 2017.

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Merry Christmas From Australia website by 'Silver'.

slate.com

Klimek, Chris (December 9, 2013). "All I Want for Christmas Is a New Christmas Song 2.5k 342 252 The holiday-song canon is closed. Why?". Slate. Retrieved December 21, 2013.

smithsonianmag.com

Kandell, Jonathan. "The Glorious History of Handel's Messiah". Smithsonian. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.

standard.co.uk

Lebrecht, Norman (March 25, 2009). "Hallelujah! It's song time". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.

sundaypost.com

Crae, Ross (December 18, 2019). "Story behind the Christmas song: Stop the Cavalry by Jona Lewie". The Sunday Post. Retrieved December 4, 2022.

syracuse.com

Herbert, Geoff (November 4, 2020). "Syracuse radio station switches to Christmas music, becomes Santa 102". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved November 5, 2020.

telegraph.co.uk

"Christopher Morris, musician - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
Leach, Ben (December 7, 2008). "In the Bleak Midwinter voted greatest carol of all time". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
Martin Chilton (December 15, 2011). "Fairytale Of New York is true sound of Christmas". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on December 15, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2014.

theatlantic.com

Weir, William (December 20, 2010). "How 'Jingle Bells' by the Singing Dogs Changed Music Forever". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
Graham, David A. (December 17, 2015). "12 Days of Christmas Songs: 'Joy to the World' Isn't Supposed to Be One". The Atlantic.
O'Keeffe, Kevin (October 15, 2014). "In Defense of Christmas Music in October". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 19, 2019.

theguardian.com

Whittall, Richard (December 16, 2014). "Messiah complex: why it's a joy to sing Handel's classic every Christmas". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
"Bohemian Rhapsody named favourite song". The Guardian. May 8, 2002. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved December 20, 2018.

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Crossan, Fionn (December 1, 2021). "Best Christmas Songs: 60 Classic Tracks For The Holiday Season". Dig!. Retrieved December 4, 2022.

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Estrella, Espie (August 18, 2017). "What Are the Origins of the Christmas Carol 'Jingle Bells'?". ThoughtCo. Retrieved December 24, 2017.

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Haidet, Ryan (November 21, 2013). "SiriusXM begins 24/7 Christmas music". USA Today. Retrieved December 24, 2017.

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Farhi, Paul (December 14, 2007). "All I Want for Christmas Is Not To Hear That Song". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
Farhi, Paul (December 20, 2006). "Bing and Bowie: An Odd Story of Holiday Harmony". The Washington Post.

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"Macmillan English Dictionary Word Of The Week Archive – Christmas creep". March 20, 2007. Archived from the original on March 20, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
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Kandell, Jonathan. "The Glorious History of Handel's Messiah". Smithsonian. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
"Messiah – London Handel Festival". Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
Lebrecht, Norman (March 25, 2009). "Hallelujah! It's song time". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
"Bach - Christmas Oratorio". Classic FM. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
Leach, Ben (December 7, 2008). "In the Bleak Midwinter voted greatest carol of all time". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
"BBC Press Office - In The Bleak Midwinter hits top spot as greatest carol ever". BBC. Archived from the original on October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
Martin Chilton (December 15, 2011). "Fairytale Of New York is true sound of Christmas". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on December 15, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
"Survey Reveals White Christmas As Most Memorable Christmas Song: But Mariah Carey's Hit Most Played", PRS for Music, December 14, 2010, archived from the original on December 15, 2010, press release. See also the 2009 and 2008 lists. PRS did not publish a chart in 2011.
"Christmas season celebrations in Australia". australia.gov.au. Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
Tribute Songs Archived June 10, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at The Millennium Effect.
Balke, Jeff (December 19, 2011). "Classic Christmas: The Perry Como Christmas Album". Houston Press Blog. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
"Radio station takes down the tree". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
"New station jingles all the way". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Postmedia. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.

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Falcon, Russell (December 3, 2022). "What's the most hated Christmas song?". Nexstar Media Group. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
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"Reviews of This Week's Singles". The Billboard. November 7, 1960. p. 46. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
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