![]() Here are Billboard‘s staff picks for the 100 greatest Christmas songs of all time - songs that, try as folks might, no amount of commercial overplay or corporate co-opting can seem to ruin. It makes every Christmas season a musical family gathering where everyone shows up and co-exists peacefully - something precious few of us are lucky enough to be able to say about our actual families’ real-life holiday celebrations. Perennials that date back the better part of a century at this point are still ubiquitous every holiday season, while new seasonal releases often take whole decades to prove their worthiness. ![]() Unlike the oldies and classic rock canons, which are forced to update their timeline parameters every so often (or at least shed some old songs to make room for the new), being a Christmas standard is a lifetime appointment. Well, maybe for ten months of the year, it goes into hibernation - but you know it’ll be back next November at the latest, and it’ll include the same songs it has for your entire life. It’s music for the most wonderful time of the year, even if it always makes you cry.Īnd it never goes away. ![]() It evokes a visceral, nearly oppressive sentimentality, one fortified and strengthened by a lifetime’s worth of associated holiday memories - personal, familial, romantic, nostalgic. But when they do connect, it’s magic – not to mention a holly jolly payday.Ĭhristmas music has a wavelength entirely its own, shared by an overwhelming majority of its most recognizable classics: a sublime yearning that’s at once profoundly saddening and deeply comforting. Some succeed, as with these modern Christmas classics others, which just dropped this year, have yet to prove their mistletoe mettle. And with each passing year, more than a few contemporary artists try their hand at crafting a new seasonal standard, something sweet and melancholy that lingers in the pine-scented air for as long as it takes you to finish a candy cane (without chewing, that is). People have been singing about Christmas almost as long as it’s been celebrated. The things that make Christmas songs great - whether carols, old pop standards or newer enduring hits - are most of the same things that make pop great in general: emotional connection, universal relatability, unshakeable catchiness. Amen.There’s a reason that listeners seem to get more impatient every year for the Christmas music season to start: Nothing else feels quite like it. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (John 1:14, NIV)īut he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. May His grace encourage you today, that you are seen, known and loved by a heavenly Father who is for you, and with you always.įor it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast. I want the times I have given others only a thimble, teaspoon or cup sized amount of grace to remind me to offer people grace by the truckload, which God has given to me. The Lord has offered immeasurable grace to me over and over again. He has given me grace by the truckload, and He is teaching me to offer this quantity of grace to all people – family, friends, and strangers. I want to keep growing in my understanding of God’s grace and my gratitude to Him for saving me from death to life. As the years go by I am learning the amount of grace and forgiveness I give to others is a reflection of the grace and forgiveness I have received from Jesus. The piano melody themes are simple and beautiful yet deep and powerful, much like God’s grace and forgiveness of my sin, and the wonder of His love and faithfulness. The new song Solo Piano Grace expresses the peace, hope, and beauty God’s grace brings to my life. You can also click below to listen as you read the story behind this new piece. Solo Piano Grace just released and is streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, YouTube, Amazon Music, and all music services worldwide.
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