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Burl Ives included the song on his 1952 album Christmas Day in the Morning.Since then, it has been recorded by many other artists, including the Louvin Brothers; Harry Belafonte; The Harry Simeone Chorale; Johnny Cash (Belafonte and Cash use the title "The Gifts They Gave"); Risë Stevens; Tennessee Ernie Ford; Danny Taddei; Peter, Paul and Mary; and Sufjan Stevens. [4]
Featured on her album Home For Christmas, the song peaked at #6 on Billboard's Holiday Songs chart in 2002. [273] Christina Aguilera: 2000 Featured on her album My Kind of Christmas, the song peaked at #31 on Billboard's Holiday 100 in 2015. [274] Toni Braxton: 2001 Peaked at #14 in 2001 on Billboard's Holiday Songs chart. [275] James Taylor: 2001
The song established that there could be commercially successful secular Christmas songs [13] —in this case, written by a Jewish immigrant to the United States. [14] Ronald D. Lankford Jr., wrote, "During the 1940s, 'White Christmas' would set the stage for a number of classic American holiday songs steeped in a misty longing for yesteryear."
Here's the best modern and new Christmas music to refresh your holiday playlist in 2024, featuring hits from Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, and more.
The song is associated with Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” (The famine-relief song famously kept “Last Christmas” from reaching No. 1.) George sings on both records.
The quintessential Christmas crush song, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" finally hit No. 1 in 2019—25 years after its initial release! 2. Nat King Cole, "The Christmas Song"
Some view Christmas carols to be only religious in nature and consider Christmas songs to be secular. [1] Many traditional Christmas carols focus on the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus, while others celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas that range from 25 December to 5 January or Christmastide which ranges from 24 December to 5 ...
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