Traditional Holiday Music

The Holiday season is filled with good times withwell.
friends and family, good food, timeless traditions,Hanukkah songs are beautiful and rich with
and amazing music. Traditional holiday music hastradition. The songs are not only about the holiday
the power to bring back memories from familyitself, but go along with lighting candles on the
generations and bring together the old and young.menorah. A famous comedian, Adam Sandler,
Two holidays during the winter that havewrote a comical song about Hanukkah to bring a
timeless, classic, and century old music ismodern touch to the holiday. A very eloquent and
Christmas and Hanukkah. These holidays havetraditional song, "Mi Y' maleil," is song in Hebrew
songs that make our all time favorite music lists.and was written about spiritual victory. It has also
Here are some traditional holiday songs frombeen translated into an English version, and the
winter holidays.titled is translated as "Who Can Retell." Another
There are so many classic Christmas songs thatclassic song about Hanukkah is called, "Light One
have been around for many years. A lot ofCandle." This was written about the Maccabees'
artists today make modern renditions of some ofand the struggle for equality and justice and about
our favorites. It seems like every top rock,Judaism through the ages. A common image
country, or pop artist has a Christmas album.representing Hanukkah is the dreidel. A song that
Their albums include some of our old timeteaches about the dreidel is called, "I have a Little
favorites and new hits. Traditional ChristmasDreidel."
songs range from carols, to ballads, toA lot of these songs are played on both traditional
instrumental, to classic songs. Some of ourand Internet radio stations during the winter
favorite Christmas carols have been around forseason and are both considered main holidays
centuries. Some songs that may sound familiar towithin the season. There are some programs that
you are "Angels We Have Heard On High" ordedicate the entire month of December to only
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." More modernplaying traditional holiday music. What songs bring
Christmas tunes are songs such as "Whiteback childhood memories for you or memories
Christmas," "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree,"with family and friends? What songs will you play
or "Silent Night." A lot of traditional Christmasduring this holiday season with your friends and
music is also in some of our favorite movies asfamily?