As the holiday season once again rolls around, the familiar strains of well worn Christmas carols sing out from radio and television. First came the carolers walking around the small village singing Christmas carols and receiving a cup of hot beverage to warm them as they sang their way through the evening. And then came radios echoing the beautiful strains of Joy to the World as well as Silent Night. With the birth of television, however, there came a myriad of Christmas shows that have since become the holiday classics a lot of us love and enjoy every year. One of these greatest classics is Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", especially adapted for these shows. Who does not know the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his conversion from a vindictive and greedy old body to a good-hearted, generous and grandfatherly gentleman? Christmas carols are widely featured in any adaptation of this book. The familiar words to "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", and "Silent Night" are sung by a variety of young boys caroling, as well known as wassailing, in hopes of receiving some cakes or a warm cup of the alcoholic drink. Who could forget James Stewart in his role in "It's a Wonderful Life"? It is the story of a man, George Bailey, who is depressed and of an angel, Clarence Odbody that is sent on earth to show him all the good he has done and what life would have been for the others if he had not been there. Remember the entire family Bailey singing "Joy to the World" around the Christmas tree... Life is actually wonderful!It's a wonderful life indeed Obviously, there is a movie 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! Everyone of us remembers the Christmas special presented by Bing Crosby for more than twenty years. These shows hosted a myriad of Hollywood stars like Cyd Charise, Carol Burnett, Michael Landon, Connie Stevens and many more. Every guest would have to sing a Christmas song such as "White World of Winter", "Jingle Bells", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", and many more; alone or in duet with Bing Crosby. Even David Bowie honored Bing Crosby's Christmas Special, doing a duet with him! "The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth" was performed by these two big names in the world of music. This song is surely, along with White Christmas, one of the most beautiful Christmas songs ever made!
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