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- Songs are traditionally sung while lighting the Menorah during Hanukkah
- Kwanzaa songs celebrate "the first fruits" of African harvests and the holiday's seven principles
- Christmas caroling is a holiday custom where singers go house-to-house singing for their neighbors
- New Year's music is festive and celebrates the coming year
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Hanukkah Music
Kwanzaa Music
- "Celebrating Kwanzaa" lyrics explain the holiday:
- Seven principles, seven days
- We light kinaras and sing in praise
- Teach traditions and ancient ways
- Hailed for generations (foundation).—Marla LewisSongs For Teaching: "Celebrating Kwanzaa"
Christmas Music
- 1700s:
- "Joy To The World"
- "The Twelve Days Of Christmas"
- "Hark The Herald Angels Sing"
- 1800s:
- "Silent Night"
- "Jingle Bells"
- "O Holy Night"
- World War II and Post War
- "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
- "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth"
- "Blue Christmas"
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
- 1950s:
- "Frosty the Snowman"
- "The Little Drummer Boy"
- "Jingle Bell Rock"
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Holiday Music on Amazon
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Chant: Music For The Soul (Holiday Edition) - $18.98
With the continued success of Chant Music for the Soul, Decca is proud to announce a special holiday 2-CD edition of Chant. This set includes the original Chant CD with a bonus, 60...Amazon
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Holiday Music Questions
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Almost christmas! I need to go into full Christmas mode and watch a whole bunch of holiday movies and listen to music. :]
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My lady is sleeping in the bed... holiday music xmas lights and a candle burning... and I'm just catching up on work... it's all very nice!
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listening to holiday music & wrapping presents -- it's beginning to look a lot like christmasssss :D oh & i'm trying to finish ch. 10 :D
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listening to holiday music and wrapping presents -- it's beginning to look a lot like christmassssss :D
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uh! just got back from my holiday party. turns out, they r so much more fun when u work at a club/bar/live music venue.
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