The Old Christmas Films and Their Beautiful Songs

Each year, both radio and television take advantage of the holiday season to present programs containing Christmas carols that we hear since we are children. While historians are not sure of the origins of Christmas caroling, we tend to consider that originally carolers were roaming from one house to another one, singing Christmas songs and getting food or some hot beverage. It is during the 20th century that radios appeared and replaced these "artists", echoing the lovely strains of Silent Night and Joy to the World. And so was the advent of television and a huge number of Christmas shows were created. These shows became the annual Christmas classics that we love and enjoy.

Among the first shows that became classics was the adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous "A Christmas Carol". Who does not know the story of this old miserly, avaricious, selfish and wicked man named Ebenezer Scrooge, who became a good-hearted, generous and grandfatherly gentleman? Several carols are largely and regularly featured in any adaptation you care to watch. The lyrics of "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Silent Night" are sung by a variety of young boys hoping to get a reward from their performance; consisting of a mug of the hot alcoholic and spicy beverage and some cakes.

And what about the famous film "It's a Wonderful Life", starred by James Stewart? Remember George Bailey and the angel Clarence Odbody... The angel has been sent on earth to show George, depressed, all the good he has done to people around him. At the end of the movie, the entire family gathered around the Christmas tree and sang "Joy to the World". Yes, it is actually a wonderful life!

Naturally, there is a film that has been and still is the most watched and gave birth to the best selling Christmas song... "White Christmas" performed by the one and only Bing Crosby. This Christmas song is nowadays considered as the most popular in the world!

Bing Crosby had a Christmas special for several years until his death in 1977. These shows hosted a myriad of Hollywood celebrities like Cyd Charise, Carol Burnett, Michael Landon, Connie Stevens and many more. Everyone of them would sing such classics as "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Jingle Bells", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", and many others. Even David Bowie honored Bing Crosby's Christmas Special, doing a duet with him! It was an interpretation of The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth. This song is probably, along with White Christmas, one of the most beautiful Christmas songs ever produced!