Hark! The stories behind our favorite Christmas carols
A podcast by America Media - Sundays
24 Episodes
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O Little Town of Bethlehem
Published: 21/12/2025 -
The First Noel
Published: 14/12/2025 -
Angels We Have Heard on High
Published: 7/12/2025 -
The Coventry Carol
Published: 30/11/2025 -
What Child Is This?
Published: 15/12/2024 -
Of the Father’s Love Begotten
Published: 8/12/2024 -
The Little Drummer Boy
Published: 2/12/2024 -
We Three Kings
Published: 29/11/2024 -
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Published: 17/12/2023 -
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Published: 14/12/2023 -
The Wexford Carol
Published: 3/12/2023 -
O Holy Night
Published: 27/11/2023 -
COMING SOON: Hark! Season 3
Published: 10/11/2023 -
Joy to the World
Published: 24/12/2022 -
In the Bleak Midwinter
Published: 18/12/2022 -
The Huron Carol (‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime)
Published: 11/12/2022 -
Good King Wenceslas
Published: 4/12/2022 -
Carol of the Bells
Published: 27/11/2022 -
Silent Night
Published: 24/12/2021 -
Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
Published: 19/12/2021
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.
