Adolphe Adam (1803-1856) was a French composer best known for the ballet Giselle and the Christmas carol O Holy Night. He also wrote many works for the Paris Opera and taught at the Paris Conservatory ...

This is John Sullivan Dwight’s translation from 1855. He was a Unitarian minister and a schoolmaster at the Brook Farm commune who went on to become America’s first influential music critic. That ...

I am plenty sentimental about Christmas songs from the 20th century, songs like “White Christmas” and “Winter Wonderland” and “It’s the Most Wonderful Time,” but the Christmas songs that have sent ...