Christmas Carols

As we learn from the surprising journeys of several holiday classics, the term defies easy definition.

Christian music industry is booming in the country, but at Christmastime, congregations are singing the oldies.

From Matt Redman’s rich sing-alongs to CeCe Winans’s surprising crossovers, these 2024 releases are getting us in the spirit.

Traditional melody suggests it is only when Christians realize the holiday comes with “hard realities” that the spirit of Nativity dwells in their hearts.

From the cradle to the cross, Christ in his humanity showed us how to cry out. In him, a not-so-silent night is a holy night all the same.

Written in the wake of world war, the poignant service stills us during a season of extravagance.

Christians have to look beyond the typical Christmas carol lineup for music that captures the deeper themes of the Magnificat.

Jam out this season to highlife, Afrobeats, jazz, a cappella, R & B, rap, dance, and hip-hop artists from Nigeria, South Africa, and more.

CT picks 7 new holiday albums to add to your favorites.

Composed during World War I, “Shchedryk” folk song has survived the Nazi, communist, and now commercial eras to remind and revive the ties of hearth and home.