Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewEnrich your holiday celebrations as you discover the incredible stories and the inspiration behind the Christmas songs you know and love. Jingle Bells Mary Did You Know The First Noel O Holy Night Silver Bells White Christmas The songs that you've sung since you were a child continue to bring Christmas to life each year. Now, you'll learn how your favorite Christmas songs came to be. Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas reveals the surprising and fascinating origins of over thirty of your favorite Christmas songs and carols, both secular and religious. Along the way you will uncover spiritual insights, heartwarming stories, and tales of the humble men and women of the past who wrote what remain the most beloved Christmas songs today. Discover how: Iconic artists such as Judy Garland and Nat King Cole were influenced and inspired to record instant classics like Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and The Christmas Song. God-inspired words given to an unlikely musician became Mary, Did You Know One of the oldest Christmas songs still sung today, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, changed from a hymn sung in Latin only in Catholic masses to a carol embraced by every Christian denomination in the world. From the rollicking appeal of Jingle Bells to the tranquil beauty of Silent Night, the great songs of Christmas contain messages of peace, hope, and truth. Each song in its own way expresses a facet of God’s heart and celebrates the birth of his greatest gift to the world—Jesus. These stories will warm your heart and bring extra significance to the carols you sing each December. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ace CollinsPublisher: Zondervan Imprint: Zondervan Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 19.00cm Weight: 0.240kg ISBN: 9780310115908ISBN 10: 0310115906 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 29 October 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAce Collins is the author of The Stories Behind the Most Loved Christmas Songs, Turn Your Radio On, Lassie: A Dog’s Life, and many other nonfiction books. He has appeared on CBS This Morning, NBC Nightly News, CNN, the Today Show, Good Morning America, and Entertainment Tonight. He lives in Texas. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
