Stories Behind the BestLoved Songs o..., Ace Collins
Stories Behind the BestLoved Songs o..., Ace Collins
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Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas
Heartwarming Stories Behind Popular Carols

Author: Ace Collins

Narrator: Marc Cashman

Unabridged: 4 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 10/25/2008


Synopsis

Enrich 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 ChristmasThe 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.

About Ace Collins

Ace Collins is the writer of more than sixty books, including several bestsellers: Stories behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas, Stories behind the Great Traditions of Christmas, The Cathedrals, and Lassie: A Dog’s Life. Based in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, He continues to publish several new titles each year, including a series of novels, the first of which is Farraday Road. Ace has appeared on scores of television shows, including CBS This Morning, NBC Nightly News, CNN, Good Morning America, MSNBC, and Entertainment Tonight.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rich on June 16, 2009

I'm a Christmas music FREAK. I'm one of those annoying people who listen to it all year long (although, in private. I never subject others to my addiction).I was excited when I bought this book. I initially enjoyed reading the stories behind the Christmas songs. However, however I became suspicious......more

Goodreads review by Erica on December 22, 2022

3.5⭐️ I found the stories behind many of the songs to be quite interesting, but after reading some reviews and doing a little research, it seems like several of the songs back stories were not a well researched as they could have been and legend was sometimes quoted as fact. Overall enjoyable, just n......more

Goodreads review by ManOfLaBook.com on December 26, 2010

“Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas” by Ace Collins (Website) is a short book, divided into sections, each corresponding to a beloved Christmas song. The book is arranged alphabetically and includes lyrics to most of the songs. The book tells about 31 Christmas songs and carols includin......more

Goodreads review by Justin on December 26, 2014

Since we use so many of these songs in our worship services around Christmas, shouldn't we Christians learn the origins and intended meanings of the songs? There is so much history, including church history, embedded into the hymns we sing at Christmas, and we are often so ignorant of it. Even non-C......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on December 26, 2024

This was a fun look at some of the best-loved Christmas songs. I've been told that the author didn't do the best research on some of the songs. However, I think this is still enjoyable. If I find one of the songs had a different origin then the one in this book, I won't be upset.......more