{"id":21518,"date":"2017-12-12T23:42:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T23:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=21518"},"modified":"2017-12-12T23:42:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T23:42:01","slug":"discovering-the-sound-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/discovering-the-sound-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering the sound of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Christmas is a time of joy, with magic lights hanging all over the city and people giving gifts to each other. But trust us,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>none of this would make any sense without a good soundtrack.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>From Bing Crosby&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7S-IidmcSN8\">White Christmas<\/a>,<\/em> a classic of the season, to Sia&#8217;s newest holiday album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2xKPPi3-A_M\">Everyday is Christmas<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>we went out in the cold to explore the sound of Christmas. Obviously, we did not chase every Christmas song that was ever made &#8211; that would take us at least until 2021, and even then the list would be incomplete.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RT if you\u2019re excited for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Christmas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Christmas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0cWoBrauJs\">pic.twitter.com\/0cWoBrauJs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HARRY STYLES (@TheClubOfStyles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheClubOfStyles\/status\/940708994368225280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What we did was to understand\u00a0what makes all these Christmas songs so distinctive, unique and recognisable. We talked a little bit about this in our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/the-voice-of-london-salt-pepper-podcast\/\">podcast<\/a>, but Dan Donovan, a music specialist from the University of Westminster, explain us better what is the real deal with these Christmas songs.<\/p>\n<p>[soundcloud url=&#8221;https:\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/366738212&#8243; params=&#8221;color=#ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; height=&#8221;166&#8243; iframe=&#8221;true&#8221; \/]<\/p>\n<p>Knowing that information, we came up with a\u00a0list of Christmas songs that will get you in the spirit of the season. Happy holidays!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: the xmas choises from our podcast\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/2x2QLSAwBtTzo7hKlW9fCT?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Words: Omar Balde |<em>\u00a0<\/em>Subbing: Madalina Corjuc<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is a time of joy, with magic lights hanging all over the city and people giving gifts to each other. But trust us,\u00a0none of this would make any sense without a good soundtrack. 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