Composed for orchestra, A Christmas Festival was completed June 1950. It is 9 minutes exactly in its original version. It is 5 minutes and 45 seconds long in its shortened printed version. It was ...

There’s something truly magical about a classic Christmas song and its ability to fill a person with the Christmas spirit, conjure memories of the kind of holiday you’re meant to dream of when Bing ...

The song begins with a Christmas-y chime. It's the sound of a celesta — an instrument featured in Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic “The Nutcracker.” Carey’s hit also uses the sleigh bell, which became ...

The 1950s Park Forest House Museum’s latest exhibit offers a glimpse into how a village townhome might have been decorated for the holidays more than 70 years ago. The annual Step Back into a 1950s ...