Hark! The stories behind our favorite...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The cookies, the mistletoe, the lights...oh, and the music! For Christians, Christmas carols mark a season of hope and the celebration of Jesus’ birth. Even in popular culture, these iconic jingles capture a warmth, a cheer and a nostalgia that transcends religious belonging.
But where do these beloved yuletide songs come from? What inspired the people who composed them? How did they become popular and even mainstream? And what impact do their ancient Christian messages have on an increasingly post-Christian culture?
America Media presents “Hark!” a podcast on the meaning and the making of our most beloved Christmas carols and their time-honored traditions.
1
O Little Town of Bethlehem
55 min
2
The First Noel
53 min
3
Angels We Have Heard on High
54 min
4
The Coventry Carol
61 min
5
What Child Is This?
45 min
6
Of the Father’s Love Begotten
41 min
7
The Little Drummer Boy
50 min
8
We Three Kings
57 min
9
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
46 min
10
Go Tell It on the Mountain
47 min
11
The Wexford Carol
43 min
12
O Holy Night
47 min
13
COMING SOON: Hark! Season 3
2 min
14
Joy to the World
39 min
15
In the Bleak Midwinter
51 min
16
The Huron Carol (‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime)
48 min
17
Good King Wenceslas
40 min
18
Carol of the Bells
28 min
19
Silent Night
39 min
20
Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
34 min
21
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
36 min
22
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
31 min
23
The history of Christmas carols
20 min
24
Hark! The stories of our favorite Christmas car...
2 min